Walter Wolfrum

Walter Wolfrum
Walter Wolfrum
Born	23 May 1923(1923-05-23) Schmölz, Küps
Died	26 August 2010(2010-08-26) (aged 87) Schwabach, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1943-1945
Rank	Oberleutnant
Unit	JG 52
Commands held	1./JG 52
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Barbarossa
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Walter Wolfrum (23 May 1923, Schmölz, Küps, Germany – 26 August 2010, Schwabach) was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from February 1943 until the end of the war. He is credited with 137 confirmed kills, tied for 43rd place among highest scoring fighter aces.

After the war he became a successful aerobatics pilot, winning the German Championship in 1962 and taking second place in 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1966.

Awards

• Wound Badge
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 April 1944)
• German Cross in Gold on 18 May 1944 as Leutnant in the 5./JG 52
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 Jul 1944 as Leutnant and Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 52

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 - 1945 (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-065-6.
• Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
• 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Walter Wolfrum in the German National Library catalogue (German)
• Walter Wolfrum @ Traditionsgemeinschaft Jagdgeschwader 52
• German Aerobatics