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• Badum, Lieut. Johann 'Hans'    b. March 2, 1921  d. January 12, 1943
  German Ace. Knight's Cross Holder. Born in Ruthweiler in the Pfalz, he served in Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Eastern Front in 1942 and in North Africa from December 1942 until his death. He had 54 kills, all but the last three on the Eastern Front. He was killed in aerial combat with US P-38s over Giordani, Libya, flying a Bf 109 G-2 marked "Yellow 7". He was awarded the Iron Cross First and Second Class, the Luftwaffe Honor Cup, the German Cross in Gold, and the Knight's Cross (on October 15th...[Read More] (Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
  German Military Cemetery Tobruk, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya
   
• Belser, Capt. Helmut   b. December 23, 1915  d. June 19, 1942
  German Ace. Knights Cross Holder. Squadron Captain of the 8th squadron in Jagdgeschwader (JG) 53. He was a holder of the following awards: Iron Cross First and Second class, Honor Cup of the Luftwaffe, German Cross in Gold, and the Knights Cross. He had 36 confirmed "kills", 1 on the Western Front, 12 on the Eastern Front, and the rest in Africa. He was killed in an accident at the Castel-Benito Aerodrome, near Tripoli, when his aircraft, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4, Works No. 10 278, marked as...[Read More] (Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
  German Military Cemetery Tobruk, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya
   
• Marseille, Capt. Hans-Joachim 'Jochen'   b. December 13, 1919  d. September 30, 1942
  German World War II Fighter Pilot, Ace, Knight's Cross Recipient, and recipient of the Italian Gold Medal for Bravery, he was known as "The Star of Africa." He had 158 confirmed kills, the highest total against the Western Allies. Educated at Prinz Heinrich Gymnasium in Berlin, he graduated in 1938, but did not go to college, instead joining the Luftwaffe as an officer candidate. His superiors considered him a brilliant pilot but a disciplinary headache, which repeatedly cost him...[Read More] (Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
  German Military Cemetery Tobruk, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya
  Plot: Sarcophagus 4133
   
• Neumann-Silkow, Gen. Walter Hugo Reinhard   b. April 10, 1894  d. December 9, 1941
  German Lieutenant General. Knights Cross Holder. Commander of the 8th and 15th Panzer Divisons. He was born in Groß-Silkow-Stolz, Pomerania (now Zelki, Poland). He fought for Germany in both World War I and World War II and was awarded the Iron Cross First and Second Class for bravery in both wars. In World War II, he participated in the Invasion of Poland, Battle of France, Invasion of Yugoslavia, and the North African Campaign, where he defended against the British Operations Battleaxe and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
  German Military Cemetery Tobruk, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya
   
• Stumme, Gen. Georg   b. July 29, 1886  d. October 24, 1942
  World War II German Army General. He was the commander of Axis forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein, during the temporary absence of British Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, until his death by heart attack after an Allied attack. He joined the German Army as an officer cadet in 1906 and was a Lieutenant by the time World war I broke out, serving in the 1st (Prussian) Calvary Regiment. He remained in the Army after the war, rising to Lieutenant General by 1938. He commanded the Second Light...[Read More] (Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
  German Military Cemetery Tobruk, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya
   
• Von Bismarck, Gen. Georg   b. February 15, 1891  d. August 31, 1942
  German General. Knights Cross Holder. Commander of the 21st Panzer Division, Afrika Korps. Born in the garrsion town of Neumuehl (today Namyslin) bei Kuestrin, on the banks of the Oder River, he joined the military in 1910 after completing school. He served as a Lieutenant and Adjutant on the Western and Carpathian Fronts in World War I and was awarded the Iron Cross First and Second Class. He remained in the service between the wars. He took part in the Battle of Poland in 1939 and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
  German Military Cemetery Tobruk, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya
   
• Von Prittwitz und Gaffron, Gen. Heinrich   b. September 4, 1889  d. April 10, 1941
  German Lieutenant General. Commander of the 15th Panzer Division in the Afrika Korps at his death. Knight of the Order of St. John. He was born in Gut Sitzmannsdorf, Lower Silesia (now Poland). He entered service as a cadet in 1908 and was commisioned as a lieutenant in an Uhlan regiment in 1909. He saw service in WW I, earning the Iron Cross First and Second Class on the Eastern Front, and then served from 1915 on as a staff officer. Between the wars he saw action in a border patrol unit...[Read More] (Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
  German Military Cemetery Tobruk, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya
   

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