Knights Cross Recipients Who Are Still Living

Great Adam Congrats!!!!

 

sadly RK Sturmgeschütze ace Herr Bose has passed a week ago a great guy and full of life.

 

I just saw on another forum that one of the member received word that Herr Joseph Rollecke has passed away

 

Oh no! That's terrible

 

Very sad news Erich i have known Georg for over 10 years and have met him on many occasions at meetings in Germany , he was one of the two Ritterkreuztrager who recommended me for my Ordentliche Mitglieder membership of the OdR. Luckily he did get all his memoirs into print in the last few years , a very sad loss for the Odr and for me personally =(

 

Hey guys,

Very new here, hello one and all!

Right, to get to the point, my Opa was a Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe. His name was Johann (or Johannes) Klaus.
I am searching for his records during the war. I never knew much about him as after the war he left my Oma and also had illegitimate children and not much was spoken about him, now my Oma has passed away and I lost my father before, this vague thread has become even more tenuous.
I know that he flew in Norway and was either a pilot or crew member in a recon float plane, either a He 115 or a Dornier. My Dad had some photo's of him which confirm his rank and that he was based in Norway, but there isn't much more I can deduce from them.
I recently bought a 1/72 scale He 115 and I think it would be brilliant if I can build it as the plane he flew or crewed and put a story behind it.
I found the forum through Google whilst trying to search for information on my Opa.
Thats about all I can say right now. If anyone has any information or can help me in any way I would be very appreciative.
Regards,

Cein

 

write me a private please if you know the unit and we may be able to find him with his service in Norway which is a help.

 

Would it be possible for you to pm me for his address....and do you send a money order for their time??

 

I have no confirmation on this but is read in Wehrmacht Awards.com that Herr Albert Kerscher passed away a few weeks agao. Can anyone confirm this? I hope it is not true.

 

Got a nice reply from Herr Heinz Roekker. Very generous man.

 

That's terrible about Kerscher if true, but I saw the post, and it was from a newcomer. Who knows where he got that information from. It is possible though, since he's in his 90's. That is the state of things I'm afraid, and time waits for no one. We can only hope their stories of bravery live on and continue to be a source of inspiration to others.

 

Looks like the info on Albert Kerscher is correct

Unfortunately , Albert Kerscher died 12.06.2011 in Ingolstadt

RIP Herr Kerscher

 

Another NarwaKampfer has left us to go to the Grossen Armee , a sad day indeed.

 

Always send a gratuity mate to cover their postage and photo expenses , 5 to 10 Euros !!

 

Agreed, always send some euros for return postage. As Hans Ekkehard Bob told me, a lot of veterans are in their 90s and need to pay for expensive medication and medical care. Therefore, it is not only polite but I think neccessary to pay at least for return postage.

 

I received a package today from Karl Heinz Euling. He signed all three of the pics I sent and also included information on his career in the 10th SS Panzer Division. Just incredible!

 

Yesterday, we recived signed pics from Walter Fasel. Very generous man.

 

Isn't that weird that we both got karl heinz euling's reply on the same day? I finally translated what he wrote to me on the photos, its " to adam, in kameradschaftlicher verbundenheit" which means something like comraderly fondness? He also wrote my name as "adolf" on one of the photos instead of "adam". Think he's trying to tell me something? Im glad writing to Walter Fasel worked out for you, greg. He is indeed a generous man.

 

He is at that. My living room is filling up quickly with pictures. This has been like Christmas this week with so many responses. Going to have to expand to the family room. The wife will be thrilled!!!!.
Another response today, Herr Soren Kam replied and signed both our pictures. Again....WOW!

It was kinda strange that Herr Eulings both came in on the same day but kinda cool also.

 

Updated 11.01.2011

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords: - Alphabetical

Waldemar von Gazen (Heer)
Erich Rudorffer (Luftwaffe)

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves: - Alphabetical

Otto Carius (Heer)
Kurt Dahlmann (Luftwaffe)
Oskar Hubert Dennhardt (Heer)
Martin Drewes (Luftwaffe)
Hermann Greiner (Luftwaffe)
Reinhard Hardegen (Kriegsmarine)
Rolf Hermichen (Luftwaffe)
Franz Kieslich (Luftwaffe)
Hans Gunther Lange (Kriegsmarine)
Georg Lassen (Kriegsmarine)
Heinz Rökker (Luftwaffe)
Heinrich Ruhl (Heer)
Walter Schuck (Luftwaffe)
Johann Schwerdfeger (Heer)
Gerhard Simons (Heer)
Georg Störck (Heer)
Paul Zorner (Luftwaffe)

Knight's Cross: - Alphabetical

Heinz Angelmaier (Heer)
Erich Axthammer (Luftwaffe)

Karl-Ludwig Barths (Heer)
Artur Becker- Neetz (Heer)
Karl Heinz Becker (Heer)
Dr. Anton Benning (Luftwaffe)
Gunther Bierbrauer (Luftwaffe)
Kurt Bischof (Heer)
Karl Bleckl (Luftwaffe)
Georg Bleher (Heer)
Hans Ekkehard Bob (Luftwaffe)
Walter Böhm(Heer)
Joachim Boosfeld (SS)
Gunther Braake (Heer)
Paul Brasack (Kriegsmarine)
Hugo Broch (Luftwaffe)
Friedrich Buck (SS)
Arthur Büssecker (Luftwaffe)

Friedrich Carl (Heer)

Dieter Damerius (Heer)
Erwin Diekwisch (Luftwaffe)

Alfred Eick (Kriegsmarine)
Hans Eikmeier (Heer)
Karl Heinz Euling (SS)

Walter Fasel (Heer)
Konrad Fechner ( Luftwaffe)
Gerhard Fischer (Heer)
Gerhard Fischer (SS)
Sigfried Freyer (Heer)
Herbert Fries (Luftwaffe)

Franz Gapp (Luftwaffe)
Siegfried Gerstner (Luftwaffe)
Dieter Glaesche (Heer)
Karl Glaetzer (Heer)
Gunter Glasner (Luftwaffe)

Gunther Halm (Heer)
Willi Hammerich (Heer)
Josef Hammerschmidt (Heer)
Karl Gunther von Hase (Heer)
Eberhard Heder (SS)
Anton Heinemann ( Luftwaffe)
Othmar Hermes (Heer)
Rolf Hermichen (Luftwaffe)
Justin Hönig (Heer)
Ahrend Höper (Heer)
Willi Hümmerich (Heer)

Helmut Jeserer (Heer)


Karl Kainz (Heer)
Soren Kam (SS)
Paul Georg Kleffel (Heer)
Gerhard Krems (Luftwaffe)
Erwin Kressmann (Heer)
Heinz Krettek (Heer)
Theo Kroj (Heer)
Hans Krohn ( Luftwaffe)
Wilhelm Kröhne (Heer)
Prof. Dr. Fritz Krück (Heer)
Hermann Kunz (Heer)

Karl-Ernst Laage (Heer)
Fritz Langanke (SS)
Günther Lange (SS)
Johannes Lawrenz (Heer)
Wilhelm Lehner (Heer)
Helmut von Leipzig (Heer)
Karl Wilhelm Lindemann (Heer)
Helmut Lutze (Heer)

Hermann Mangels (Heer)
Siegmund Matheja (Heer)
Julius Meimberg (Luftwaffe)
Ludwig Meister (Luftwaffe)
Günter Meyer ( Heer)

Lorenz Neumayr (Heer)
Hans Joachim Nitsch (Heer)
Wilhelm Noller (Luftwaffe)
Harald Nugiseks (SS)

Dieter Oster (Luftwaffe)

Rudolf Peter (Heer)
Georg Peschel ( Heer)
Josef Preis ( Heer)
Heinz Probst (Luftwaffe)
Frhr. Robert von Prochazka (Heer)
Erwin Prössl (Luftwaffe)

Alexander Raab (Luftwaffe)
Karl Rademacher (Heer)
Heinz Rafoth (Heer)
Dr. Alfred Regeniter (Heer)
Max Heimo Rehbein (Heer)
Heinz Remmert (Heer)
Willi Reschke (Luftwaffe)
Rudolf von Ribbentrop (SS)
Klaus Ritter (Heer)

Kurt Sametreiter (SS)
Oskar Schafer (SS)
Heinrich Scharff (Heer)
Hermann Schleinhege (Luftwaffe)
Erich Schlemminger (Heer)
Bruno Schmelzinger (Heer)
Alois Schnaubelt (SS)
Karl Heinz Schnell (Luftwaffe)
Paul Schneider ( Heer)
Kurt Schwarm (Heer)
Gunther Seeger (Luftwaffe)
Fritz Seyffardt (Luftwaffe)
Hans Siegler (Heer)
Heinrich Sonne (SS)
Paul Heinrich Stoll (Heer)
Hans Hermann Sturm (Heer)

Heinrich Timpe (Heer)
Willy Tscherning (Luftwaffe)

Fritz Vehse (Heer)
Viktor Vitali (Luftwaffe)

Gunter Wanhofer (SS)
Anton Wehinger (Heer)
Hermann Wehking (Heer)
Karl-Heinz Wiebe (Kriegsmarine)
Helmut Wieselhuber (Heer)
Heinz Wilde (Heer)
Dietrich Witzel-Kirn (Heer)
Achim Wunderlich (Heer)

Max Zastrow (Heer)
Dr. Gerhard Zoppoth (Heer)