List of Feuerwerker awarded with the Knight's Cross
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:56 am
Hello all!
Here's a list on the german Feuerwerker awarded with the Knight's Cross. These men had the task of disarming and disposing of unexploded RAF and USAAF bombs, the dreaded Blindgänger. Does anyone have any information on other Feuerwerker RKT, please add to this post. Or any relevant information, photographs etc.
Egon Agtha, RK on 03.02.1945 as Oberleutnat (W) d. R. Führer eines Sprengkommando im Luftgau III Berlin. Aghta received the Oakleaves (no. 778) on 12.03.1945 as a Hauptmann d. R. while holding the same command.
Karl Kudla, RK on 18.04.45 as Oberfeldwebel (W), Feuerwerker eines Sprengkommando in Berlin/Luftgau-Kommando III.
Siegfried Rieger, RK on 18.04.1945 as Oberfeldwebel (Heer), Sprengkommando der Luftwaffe I/III im Luftgaukommando Berlin.
Heinz Schweizer, RK on 28.06.1943 as Hauptmann (W) (Kr.O.) Führer Spreng-Kommando der Luftwaffe I/IV Ratingen/Düsseldorf.
Karl-Anton Thomas, RK on 21.04.1945 as Oberfeuerwerker im Sprengkommando der Luftwaffe 2./VI.
There where also two men who recieved the Knight’s Cross for doing this dangerous job without any formal Feuerwerker education or position, namely:
Jacob Hoffend, RK on 07.02.1945 as NSDAP-Ortsgruppenleiter (ehrenamtl.) in Köln for disposing of 1892 Blindgänger bombs.
Wilhelm Sitt, RK on 07.02.1945 as Führer eines Btls. D. Kölner Volksturmes und Abschnittsleiter (ehrenamtl.) im Gau-Org. Amt der NSDAP-Gauleitung Köln-Aachen. He disposed of several hundreds of Blindgänger bombs.
Source for the above listed men: Veit Scherzer “Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945” (2005).
For a more detalied biography on Hauptmann (W) d. R. Egon Agtha, see page 4 on:
http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/viewtopi ... 889#128889
Regards,
Krollspell
Here's a list on the german Feuerwerker awarded with the Knight's Cross. These men had the task of disarming and disposing of unexploded RAF and USAAF bombs, the dreaded Blindgänger. Does anyone have any information on other Feuerwerker RKT, please add to this post. Or any relevant information, photographs etc.
Egon Agtha, RK on 03.02.1945 as Oberleutnat (W) d. R. Führer eines Sprengkommando im Luftgau III Berlin. Aghta received the Oakleaves (no. 778) on 12.03.1945 as a Hauptmann d. R. while holding the same command.
Karl Kudla, RK on 18.04.45 as Oberfeldwebel (W), Feuerwerker eines Sprengkommando in Berlin/Luftgau-Kommando III.
Siegfried Rieger, RK on 18.04.1945 as Oberfeldwebel (Heer), Sprengkommando der Luftwaffe I/III im Luftgaukommando Berlin.
Heinz Schweizer, RK on 28.06.1943 as Hauptmann (W) (Kr.O.) Führer Spreng-Kommando der Luftwaffe I/IV Ratingen/Düsseldorf.
Karl-Anton Thomas, RK on 21.04.1945 as Oberfeuerwerker im Sprengkommando der Luftwaffe 2./VI.
There where also two men who recieved the Knight’s Cross for doing this dangerous job without any formal Feuerwerker education or position, namely:
Jacob Hoffend, RK on 07.02.1945 as NSDAP-Ortsgruppenleiter (ehrenamtl.) in Köln for disposing of 1892 Blindgänger bombs.
Wilhelm Sitt, RK on 07.02.1945 as Führer eines Btls. D. Kölner Volksturmes und Abschnittsleiter (ehrenamtl.) im Gau-Org. Amt der NSDAP-Gauleitung Köln-Aachen. He disposed of several hundreds of Blindgänger bombs.
Source for the above listed men: Veit Scherzer “Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945” (2005).
For a more detalied biography on Hauptmann (W) d. R. Egon Agtha, see page 4 on:
http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/viewtopi ... 889#128889
Regards,
Krollspell