just arrived, signed Knights Cross photos

just recieved 4 new signed luftwaffe aces and Knights Cross wearers photos


Adolf Dickfeld, Adolf Dickfeld was credited with 136 victories in 1072 combat missions. He also claimed a further 15 enemy aircraft unconfirmed. He achieved about 128 victories over the Eastern Front. Included in his total are 2 confirmed Four engine bombers and possibly several uncofirmed. Reputedly he claimed one victory flying the He 162 jet fighter.

Adolf Dickfeld joined the Luftwaffe on 1 March 1937.
At the outbreak of World War 2, Dickfeld was assigned to III./JG 52. He flew missions over France, England, Greece and Crete before the unit was transferred to Rumania in preparation for the invasion of Russia. Dickfeld achieved outstanding success in the aerial battles over Russia.

Leutnant Dickfeld was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 19 March 1942 for 47 victories. In addition, he had claimed 8 aircraft, 11 locomotives, 2 armoured vehicles and 2 trucks destroyed on the ground.

In January 1943, Dickfeld was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 2. The unit was transferred to North Africa, where Dickfeld achieved 5 victories over Tunisia before he was badly injured in a take-off accident at Kairouan on 8 January 1943.

After recovering from his injuries, Dickfeld was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 11, based in the Bremen–Helgoland, area of northern Germany performing Reichsverteidigung duties. Dickfeld accounted for some four-engine bombers while serving with the unit but probably no more than two were confirmed. He was promoted to the rank of Major on 18 May 1943. Dickfeld was shot down during an attack on Allied bombers that saw him bale out into the sea. He was rescued but was hospitalised with back injuries. Following his recovery, Dickfeld was appointed General für Nachwuchs (Luftwaffe) Reichsluftministerium and Reich Inspekteur der Flieger Hitler Jugend, performing these staff duties until late in the war. Dickfeld was to return to combat, flying Bü 181 trainers armed with Panzerfaust rockets, against Russian armour and, later, He 162 jet fighters. He reputedly shot down a P-47 several weeks before the end of the war with the He 162.



Dieter Hrabak, Hrabak is credited with 125 victories
Hrabak joined the German navy in 1934. Two years later he transferred to the Luftwaffe, and qualified as a pilot. In 1938 Hrabak was posted to the Vienna Jagdgruppe, I./JG 138. This unit was later redesignated I./JG 76 during the Polish Campaign, before becoming II./JG 54 in April 1940.

During the Polish Campaign, Hrabak was shot down (the first of 11 times) on his first mission, making a belly landing. On 13 May 1940, he claimed his first victory, a French Potez 63 and he claimed five more victories before the armistice. During the Battle of Britain, Hrabak was a member of JG 54, becoming Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 54 on 26 August 1940. During the Battle of Britain he added ten victories and Field Marshal Hermann Goring personally decorated Hrabak with the Knights Cross.

Hrabak served in the Balkans Campaign and when Operation Barbarosa began in Russia, he flew on the northern front and over Leningrad. In November 1942, he left JG 54 to become Geschwaderkommondore of Jagdgeschwader 52. Under Hrabak JG 52 became the highest scoring Geschwader with over 10,000 victories. In August 1943 he got his 100th victory and in November was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross, the 337th soldier to be thus awarded. He had 118 victories. On 20 September 1944, Hrabak scored the last of his 125 victories.

In October 1944 Hrabak returned to JG 54, serving as its last Geschwaderkommodore until the end of the war. His greatest contribution to the Luftwaffe was not his combat record however but his command, tactical and leadership qualities, which endeared him to the men under his command and sealed his reputation within the Luftwaffe leadership.



Franz Eisenach, credited with 129 victories in 319 missions. Some sources quote Eisenach’s final victory total as 154. Included in the total are 52 IL-2 Sturmovik ground attack aircraft.

He became an officer cadet in 1937, and was made a Leutnant in the Luftwaffe in 1939. In 1940, and possibly into 1941, Eisenach served with II./ZG 76. In November 1941, he joined 1.(Erg.)/JG 51. In January 1942, he joined IV./JG 1, later renamed III/JG 5. Oberleutnant Eisenach was appointed Staffelkapitän of 12./JG 1 in June. In October of 1942, Eisenach was transferred to 9./JG 54, based at Krasnogvardeisk on the Eastern Front. On 8 November, during his 21st combat mission, Eisenach shot down P-40 fighter for his first victory.

On 1 May, he was promoted to the rank of Hauptmann. In June 1944, he was serving with I./JG 54, based in Courland on the Eastern front. On 8 August 1944, Eisenach was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 54.

On 21 September, he was again seriously wounded during a bombing raid on his command post. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 10 October 1944 for his 107th victory and was sent on leave. He returned to the front on 15 December. Eisenach was promoted to the rank of Major on 1 January 1945. By 31 March, he had gained 22 more victories to achieve his final victory total of 129.



Franz Woidich, Woidich was credited with 110 aerial victories in roughly 1000 combat missions. As a StaffelKapitan of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 400 he claimed one of the very rare aerial victories while flying the Me 163 rocket fighter on 22 April 1945.

Woidich recieved the Knights Cross on June 11th 1944 as a lieutanant in JG 52