Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (posthumous)
Albin Wolf (28 October 1920 – 2 April 1944) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 144 enemy aircraft shot down.[1] All of his victories were claimed over the Eastern Front.
Born in Neuhaus, Wolf grew up in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Following graduation from school, he joined the Luftwaffe in 1940. In May 1942, Wolf was posted to Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing) and claimed his first aerial victory on 6 August 1942. Following his 117th aerial victory, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 November 1943. Promoted to an officer's rank, he was appointed squadron leader of 6. Staffel (6th squadron) of JG 54 and claimed his 144th and last aerial victory on 2 April 1944. That day, he was shot down. He was posthumously bestowed with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
AlbinWolf (28 October 1920 – 2 April 1944) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 144 enemy aircraft...
Cross. Hartmann was summoned to the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze, (the "Wolf's Lair") Adolf Hitler's military headquarters near Rastenburg, to receive...
Peter Düttmann (152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) AlbinWolf (144) Kurt Tanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak...
Dover. The presentation of the Oak Leaves was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg. Two other Luftwaffe officers...
JG 1 German Cross in Gold AlbinWolf* Oberleutnant 144/142 JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 April 1944 Hermann Wolf Leutnant 57/55 JG 52, JG...
pilot on the Eastern Front, became an ace in a day. On 7 September 1943, AlbinWolf, Luftwaffe fighter pilot on the Eastern Front, became an ace in a day...
became a "Swords" ceremony. The presentation was made by Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg on 22 September 1943. Three other...
part of Kerpen. The pilots Speer, Bernd Kuebart (brother of Jörg Kuebart), Wolf von Stürmer and Hein Frye were all killed in the accident. The diamond formation...
mill-worker and his traditional housewife. He had two brothers, Bernd and Wolf, and two sisters, Greta and Charlotte. His sister Charlotte married Ludwig...
Peter Düttmann (152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) AlbinWolf (144) Kurt Tanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak...
Peter Düttmann (152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) AlbinWolf (144) Kurt Tanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak...
was put down after four hours. 53 were killed and 134 injured. Died: AlbinWolf, 23, German flying ace (shot down near Pskov) The Royal Navy carried out...
assault on Stalingrad. The detachment came under the command of Hauptmann Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke from JG 3. Initially Graf was based at Tuzov and then Pitomnik...
Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg. Six other Luftwaffe officers...
Peter Düttmann (152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) AlbinWolf (144) Kurt Tanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak...
Kosovarul Albin Berisha, gol la debut pentru Petrolul + visează să ajungă la echipa națională" ["From now on I'm a wolf!". The Kosovan footballer Albin Berisha...
Peter Düttmann (152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) AlbinWolf (144) Kurt Tanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak...
receive the Oak Leaves. Krupinski assumed that they were heading for the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia but the train was heading for the Berghof in Berchtesgaden...
Wolf Pact is an album by Boyd Rice & Fiends (in this collaboration, Douglas P. and Albin Julius). Limited to 500 copies and signed by Douglas P. & Boyd...
Peter Düttmann (152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) AlbinWolf (144) Kurt Tanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak...
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