Willy Jähde

Willy Jähde
Born	18 January 1908 Sorau
Died	25 April 2002(2002-04-25) (aged 94) Munich
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1927–45
Rank	Major
Commands held	schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Siege of Leningrad Battle of Kursk Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive Battle of Narva (1944)
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Willy Jähde (18 January 1908 – 25 April 2002) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Willy Jähde was captured by American troops in May 1945. He was later transferred to Soviet custody, but escaped.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (10 September 1939)
- 1st Class (15 September 1939)
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- in Silver
- in Gold
Eastern Front Medal
Panzer Badge
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 March 1944 as Major and commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 ^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 199.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Kurowski, Franz (2010). Panzer Aces III:German Tank Commanders in Combat in WWII. Mechanicsburg, PA USA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-0654-4
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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Military offices
Preceded by Hauptmann Lange	Commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 October 1943 – March 1944	Succeeded by Major Schwaner

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Heavy Panzer Battalions

Heer

501st Heavy Panzer Battalion	Erich Löwe¹ (Oak Leaves)

502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion	Johannes Bölter (Oak Leaves) Otto Carius (Oak Leaves) Alfredo Carpaneto Willy Jähde Albert Kerscher Heinz Kramer Adolf Rinke

503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion	Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck (Oak Leaves) Walter Scherf

504th Heavy Panzer Battalion	Oskar Röhrig August Seidensticker

505th Heavy Panzer Battalion	Werner Freiherr von Beschwitz

506th Heavy Panzer Battalion	Kurt Kannenberg

507th Heavy Panzer Battalion	Rolf Gebhardt Wolfgang Koltermann Edmund Ratajczak Erich Schmidt (Oak Leaves)? Fritz Schöck Maximilian Wirsching

509th Heavy Panzer Battalion	Hans-Jürgen Burmester Erich Litzke Herbert Tischendorf

510th Heavy Panzer Battalion	Helmut Höhno

"Großdeutschland" Heavy Panzer Battalion	Hans Bock

655h Heavy Panzer Battalion	Heinz Kruse

Waffen-SS

101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion	Michael Wittmann (Oak Leaves & Swords)

102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 502nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion	Paul Egger? Willi Fey? Kurt Hartrampf Alois Kalss

103rd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 503rd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion	Karl Brommann Friedrich Herzig Karl Körner Oskar Schäfer

¹ Knight's Cross with Panzer-Abteilung 65 (6th Panzer Division).
This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

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