Georg Christl

Georg Christl (3 October 1913 – 31 March 1991) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Georg Christl was credited with 7 aerial victories during World War II.
Christl and Leutnant Karl Schnörrer, Oberst Gordon Gollob, Major Rudolf Schoenert, Hauptmann Heinz Strüning, Major Josef Fözö formed the guard of honor at Walter Nowotny funeral at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna. Nowotny had been killed in action on 8 November 1944. The eulogy was delivered by General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland and Generaloberst Otto Deßloch.

• Aviator badge
• Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (13 June 1941)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• German Cross in Gold on 28 December 1942 as Hauptmann in the III./Zerstörergeschwader 26
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 March 1942 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"

• Obermaier 1989, p. 98.
• Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 73.
• Fellgiebel 2000, p. 130.