Hilmar Zahn
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Born | Wiesbaden | 6 September 1919
Died | 8 March 2008 Wiesbaden | (aged 88)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Heer Template:Luftwaffe |
Years of service | 1937–45 |
Rank | Hauptmann |
Unit | Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Hilmar Karl Adolf Zahn (6 September 1919 – 8 March 2008) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II. He was also 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.
Awards and decorations
- Sudetenland Medal (6 February 1940)[1]
- Fallschirmschützenabzeichen (22 July 1942)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Wound Badge (1939)
- Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (5 March 1944)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 5./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1[2]
References
Citations
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 (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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- 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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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