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German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of birth
Wrocław
Place of death
Erfurt
Age
25 years
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Biography
Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld (25 August 1918 – 28 July 1944) was a |German Luftwaffe fighter pilot during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II of Nazi Germany. On 28 July 1944, Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld died after his parachute failed to open after he bailed out from his damaged Messerschmitt Bf 109. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 24 October 1944. During his career he was credited with 24 aerial victories, 23 on the Western Front and 1 on the Eastern Front.
Awards
- German Cross in Gold on 10 September 1944 as Oberleutnant in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 300
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 October 1944 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 300.
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 188.
- Scherzer 2007, p. 393.
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