Walter Hagen (aviator)

This article is about the Luftwaffe general. For the golfer, see Walter Hagen.

Walter Hagen
Born	16 March 1897 Kiel, Germany
Died	24 November 1963 (1963-11-25) (aged 66) Kiel, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1915–1918 1935–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	StG 1, Fliegerführer "Nord-Balkan", 17. Flieger-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Other work	Test pilot of Junkers

Walter Hagen (16 March 1897 – 24 November 1963) was a German Luftwaffe Stuka pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. 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.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
• Cross of Honor
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd class (17 September 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939) 1st class (9 June 1940)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 21 July 1940 as "Major" and "Gruppenkommandeur" of the III./StG 1
  • 77th Oak Leaves on 17 February 1942 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore of StG 1
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 10 November 1940

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Brütting, Georg (1995). Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 - 1945. 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). Die Ritterkreuzträger 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.

External links

• "Walter Hagen". Ritterkreuzträger 1939–45. Retrieved 12 February 2010. 

Military offices
Preceded by Oberstleutnant Eberhard Baier	Geschwaderkommodore of Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 21 June 1940 – 15 March 1943	Succeeded by Oberstleutnant Gustav Preßler
Preceded by General der Flieger Hans Seidemann	Fliegerführer Afrika 1 February 1943 – February 1943	Succeeded by —