Hansgeorg Bätcher

Hansgeorg Bätcher (13 January 1914 – 23 April 2003) was a highly decorated bomber pilot in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 September 1939) & 1st Class (15 July 1940)
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe on 24 November 1941 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän
• German Cross in Gold on 2 July 1942 as Hauptmann in the I./Kampfgeschwader 100
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 21 December 1942 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 1./Kampfgeschwader 100 "Wiking"
  • 434th Oak Leaves on 24 March 1944 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"

• Thomas 1997, p. 19.
• Patzwall 2008, p. 45.
• Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 26.
• ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 199.