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German flying ace
Julius Meimberg
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Place of birth
Münster, Germany
Death
17 January 2012 (aged 95 years)
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95 years
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
German Cross in Gold
Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille
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Biography
Julius Meimberg (11 January 1917 – 17 January 2012) was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot 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. In the 1960s he invented an open end spinning device and received patents in the US and Germany for it. In 2001 he received the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Wound Badge in Silver
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (30 July 1941)
- German Cross in Gold on 29 October 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 11./Jagdgeschwafer 2
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 October 1944 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 53
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