Horst Kaubisch

Horst Kaubisch
Friedrich Lang, Erich Hartmann and Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer receive the Oak Leaves with Swords, Horst Kaubisch, Eduard Skrzipek and Adolf Glunz the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross from Adolf Hitler
Born	3 December 1915 Freital
Died	12 February 1945(1945-02-12) (aged 29) Lebus
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1936–1945
Rank	Major
Unit	StG 77 StG 1 SchlG 1
Commands held	I./StG 1 I./SG 1
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Britain Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Horst Kaubisch (3 December 1915 – 12 February 1945) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Horst Kaubisch was killed on 12 February 1945, after being hit by Soviet flak near Lebus. During his career he flew 1000 missions.

Awards and decorations

• Flugzeugführerabzeichen
• Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant "1000"
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (5 May 1941)
  • 1st Class (10 August 1941)
• German Cross in Gold (10 July 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 16 November 1942 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
  • 505th Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 1

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Brütting, Georg (1995). Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 - 1945 (in German). Motorbuch, Stuttgart. ISBN 3-87943-433-6.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939-1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-021-4.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2299-6.

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• World War 2 Awards.com
• Luftwaffe 1939-1945 History

Military offices
Preceded by Hauptmann Helmut Krebs	Commander of 1. Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 15 July 1943 – 18 October 1943	Succeeded by Merged into Schlachtgeschwader 1
Preceded by Hauptmann Siegfried Steinhoff	Commander of 1. Schlachtgeschwader 1 17 June 1943 – 12 February 1945	Succeeded by Hauptmann Artur Pipan