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  • Gerhard Schöpfel
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  • Gerhard Schöpfel (19 December 1912–17 May 2003) was a German World War II Luftwaffe 45-victory flying ace and 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. He held the position of Geschwaderkommodore of fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 26.
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serviceyears
  • 1937
Birth Date
  • 1912-12-19
Commands
Branch
  • 18
death place
  • Bergisch Gladbach-Refrath
Name
  • Gerhard Schöpfel
Caption
  • Gerhard Schöpfel
Birth Place
  • Erfurt
Title
  • Commander of Jagdgeschwader 6 Horst Wessel
  • Commander of Jagdgeschwader 4
  • Commander of Jagdgeschwader z.b.V.
  • Commander of 9./Jagdgeschwader 26
  • Commander of III./Jagdgeschwader 26
  • Commander of Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen
  • Commander of Jagdfliegerführer Ungarn
  • Commander of Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter
Awards
death date
  • 2003-05-17
Rank
Battles
Before
  • none
  • Generalmajor Carl-August Schumacher
  • Hauptmann Walther Dahl
  • Major Adolf Galland
  • Major Gerhard Barkhorn
  • Oberst Adolf Galland
Years
  • --01-07
  • --05-01
  • --06-06
  • --06-15
  • --04-10
  • --08-22
  • --09-23
  • --12-06
After
  • none
  • Hptm Josef Priller
  • Major Josef Priller
  • Major Richard Leppla
  • Oberleutnant Gerhard Michalski
  • Oberstleutnant Günther Scholz
  • Oblt Heinz Ebeling
  • Stab/Jagdgeschwader 4
laterwork
  • law
abstract
  • Gerhard Schöpfel (19 December 1912–17 May 2003) was a German World War II Luftwaffe 45-victory flying ace and 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. He held the position of Geschwaderkommodore of fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 26.
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