Anton Mader

Anton Mader
Born	(1913-01-07)7 January 1913
Died	19 February 1984(1984-02-19) (aged 71)
Place of birth	Castelnuovo in Dalmatia
Place of death	Vienna
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) Austria
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Rank	Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Brigadier (Bundesheer)
Unit	JG 2, JG 77, JG 11, JG 54
Commands held	II./JG 77, JG 11, JG 54
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Bundesheer

Oberstleutnant Anton Mader (born 7 January 1913 in Castelnuovo-Dalmatia – died 19 February 1984 in Vienna) was German World War II Luftwaffe 86 victories Flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He held the position of Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 54 in 1944.

Awards

• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (7 October 1941)
• German Cross in Gold on 2 January 1942 as Hauptmann in the II./JG 77
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 July 1942 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./JG 77

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. Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. 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

• "Luftwaffe 39-45" (in Português). Anton Mader. http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.nom.br/ases/mader.htm. Retrieved 6 May 2010.