| Horst Kaubisch | |
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 Friedrich Lang, Erich Hartmann and Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer receive the Oak Leaves with Swords, Horst Kaubisch, Eduard Skrzipek and Adolf Glunz the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross from Adolf Hitler |
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| Born | 3 December 1915 Freital |
| Died | 12 February 1945 (aged 29) Lebus |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Luftwaffe |
| Years of service | 1936–1945 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | StG 77 StG 1 SchlG 1 |
| Commands held | I./StG 1 I./SG 1 |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Horst Kaubisch (3 December 1915 – 12 February 1945) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Horst Kaubisch was killed on 12 February 1945, after being hit by Soviet flak near Lebus. During his career he flew 1000 missions.[Notes 1]
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Awards and decorations [edit]
- Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant "1000"
- Iron Cross (1939)
- German Cross in Gold (10 July 1942)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 16 November 1942 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 [2]
- 505th Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 1 [3]
Notes [edit]
- ^ For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces
References [edit]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Brütting, Georg (1995). Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 - 1945 (in German). Motorbuch, Stuttgart. ISBN 3-87943-433-6.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939-1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-021-4.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2299-6.
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| Preceded by Hauptmann Helmut Krebs |
Commander of 1. Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 15 July 1943 – 18 October 1943 |
Succeeded by Merged into Schlachtgeschwader 1 |
| Preceded by Hauptmann Siegfried Steinhoff |
Commander of 1. Schlachtgeschwader 1 17 June 1943 – 12 February 1945 |
Succeeded by Hauptmann Artur Pipan |
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