Rainer Nossek

Rainer Nossek
Rainer Nossek
Born	5 May 1920; Huttendorf
Died	30 April 1945 (aged 24); Schwerin
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer; Luftwaffe
Years of service	1938–45
Rank	Oberleutnant
Unit	StG 2; SG 2; SG 3; SG 9
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Stalingrad; Battle of Kursk; Defense of the Reich;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rainer Nossek (5 May 1920 – 30 April 1945) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant in the Luftwaffe 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. During his career he flew 800 missions and was credited with the destruction of 73+ tanks.^{[Notes 1]} Rainer Nossek was killed on 30 April 1945 when the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 he was flying was bounced and shot down by a Royal Air Force Spitfire XIV from 350 Squadron as he was attempting to land near Schwerin. During the same attack, Knight's Cross recipients Andreas Kuffner and Wilhelm Bromen were killed and wounded respectively.

Awards and decorations

Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant "800"
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
German Cross in Gold (12 July 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1944 as Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel and pilot in the 10. (Pz)/Schlachtgeschwader 3^[1]

Notes

^ For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces

References

Citations

^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 267.

Bibliography

Brütting, Georg (1992) [1976]. Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 – 1945 (in German) (7th ed.). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch. ISBN 978-3-87943-433-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-021-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

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[1] For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces

[2] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 267.

[Notes 1]

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