Rolf Hermichen | |
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Born | July 25, 1918 |
Died | May 23, 2014 | (aged 95) (aged 95)
Place of birth | Wernigerode |
Place of death | Unknown |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/branch | Luftwaffe |
Rank | Major |
Unit | ZG 1, ZG 76, SKG 210, JG 26, JG 11, JG 104 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Rolf Günther Hermichen (born 25 July 1918) is a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) 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.
He was born in Wernigerode in the district of Harz. Hermichen is credited with 64 aerial victories claimed in 629 combat missions, 11 of them while flying the Messerschmitt Bf 110. He shot down 53 enemy aircraft in Defense of the Reich, including 26 four engine strategic bombers.[1]
Awards[]
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (5 January 1942)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 15 October 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 3./JG 26[2]
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 26 March 1944 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./JG 11[3]
- 748th Oak Leaves on 19 February 1945 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./JG 11[3]
References[]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. 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). 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[]
- "Rolf Hermichen". Aces of the Luftwaffe. http://www.luftwaffe.cz/hermichen.html. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
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