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German recipient of the Knight's Cross
Walter Kubisch
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German recipient of the Knight's Cross
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Wilsdruff
Death
6 October 1944 (aged 26 years)
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Paderborn
Age
26 years
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Walter Kubisch (7 September 1918 – 6 October 1944) was a Luftwaffe wireless radio operator of World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Kubisch was Helmut Lent's long-time radar and radio operator and had participated in 80 of Lent's 102 night fighter victories.
Awards
- Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe on 18 May 1942 as Feldwebel and radio operator
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold on 19 May 1943 as Oberfeldwebel in the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 December 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and Bordfunker (radio/wireless) operator in Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
- Patzwall 2008, p. 128.
- Obermaier 1989, p. 152.
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 259.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 277.
- Scherzer 2007, p. 480.
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