Paul-Hubert Rauh

Paul-Hubert Rauh (15 November 1913 – 30 August 2005) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Paul-Hubert Rauh claimed 31 aerial victories, all of them at night. In the 1956 he joined Bundesheer, and retired 1974 as an Oberst.

Awards

• Flugzeugführerabzeichen
• War Merit Cross with Swords
  • 2nd Class (1 August 1940)
• Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
  • in Bronze (15 May 1942)
  • in Silver (3 December 1943)
  • in Gold (3 December 1943)
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (10 July 1944)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 June 1942)
  • 1st Class (25 September 1942)
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (30 November 1944)
• German Cross in Gold on 20 August 1944 as Hauptmann in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 April 1945 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4

• Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 367.
• Fellgiebel 2000, p. 285.