Hermann Staiger - Mashpedia Real-time Encyclopedia

Hermann Staiger
Born	6 April 1915 Tennenbronn
Died	22 June 1964(1964-06-22) (aged 49) Freiburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1935–1945
Rank	Major
Unit	JG 51 JG 26 JG 1 JG 7
Commands held	I./JG 26 II./JG 1 II./JG 7
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa Defense of the Reich
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hermann Staiger (6 April 1915 – 22 June 1964) was a German Luftwaffe 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. Hermann Staiger was credited with 63 aerial victories during World War II, 49 on the Western Front and 14 on the Eastern Front.

Awards [edit]

Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Sudetenland Medal (20 October 1939)
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
German Cross in Gold (27 October 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 51^[1]

References [edit]

Citations

^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 330.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939–1945 (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-065-6.
Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Spick, Mike (1996). Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. New York: Ivy Books. ISBN 0-8041-1696-2.

External links [edit]

	Aviation portal
	Military of Germany portal

Military offices
Preceded by Hauptmann Karl Borris	Commander of I. Jagdgeschwader 26 15 May 1944 – 31 July 1944	Succeeded by Major Karl Borris
Preceded by Oberleutnant Rüdiger Kirchmayr	Commander of I. Jagdgeschwader 1 1 August 1944 – January 1945	Succeeded by Oberleutnant Fritz Wegner
Preceded by None	Commander of II. Jagdgeschwader 7 12 January 1945 – February 1945	Succeeded by Hauptmann Burkhard

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 51

Heinrich Bär (Oak Leaves & Swords) Friedrich Beckh Franz-Josef Beerenbrock (Oak Leaves) Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding Adolf Borchers Joachim Brendel (Oak Leaves) Kurt Dombacher Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber Erwin Fleig Josef Fözö Herbert Friebel Otto Gaiser Bernd Gallowitsch Hartmann Grasser (Oak Leaves) Anton Hafner (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Höfemeier Heinrich Hoffmann (Oak Leaves) Erich Hohagen Wilhelm Hübner Herbert Huppertz¹ (Oak Leaves) Josef Jennewein Hermann-Friedrich Joppien (Oak Leaves) Günther Josten (Oak Leaves) Peter Kalden Heinrich Klöpper Kurt Knappe Hans Kolbow Heinrich Krafft Heinz Lange Heinz Leber Richard Leppla Anton Lindner Fritz Losigkeit Max-Hermann Lücke Fritz Lüddecke Heinz Marquardt Maximilian Mayerl Wilhelm Mink Werner Mölders² (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Joachim Müncheberg³ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (Oak Leaves) Walter Oesau⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Josef Priller⁵ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Herbert Puschmann Karl Rammelt Alfred Rauch Oskar Romm Günther Rübell Günther Schack (Oak Leaves) Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin Thiel Horst Tietzen Bernhard Vechtel Edmund Wagner Rudolf Wagner Karl-Heinz Weber (Oak Leaves) Ernst Weismann Walther Wever Otto Würfel

¹ Oak Leaves with JG 2. ² Knight's Cross with JG 53. ³ Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with JG 26. ⁴ Oak Leaves and Swords with JG 3. ⁵ Oak Leaves and Swords with JG 26.

Persondata
Name	Staiger, Hermann
Alternative names
Short description	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	6 April 1915
Place of birth	Tennenbronn, Germany
Date of death	22 June 1964
Place of death	Freiburg, Germany