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German association football referee
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Walter Engel (1 May 1919 - 26 April 2011) was a Luftwaffe night fighter 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. During his career he claimed 10 aerial victories, all of them at night.
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- Aviator badge
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (8 December 1941)
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold (13 June 1944)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 February 1945 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 5./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 146.
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