(1919-01-22)22 January 1919 Sonnefeld, Oberfranken
Died
6 April 1943(1943-04-06) (aged 24) Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Ghent, German-occupied Belgium
Buried
Bourdon German war cemetery, France
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Luftwaffe
Years of service
1937–43
Rank
Hauptmann (captain)
Unit
LG 2, JG 77, JG 26
Commands held
III./JG 26
Battles/wars
See battles
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of Britain
Balkans Campaign
Battle of Crete
Operation Barbarossa
Siege of Malta
North African Campaign
Defense of the Reich (DOW)
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Friedrich Geißhardt[Note 1] (22 January 1919 – 6 April 1943) was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.[1] The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award in the armed forces of Germany during World War II.
Geißhardt is credited with 102 victories in 642 combat missions, including 37 close air support missions. He achieved 63 of his victories over the Eastern Front. In his total are at least seventeen Spitfires.[2] Geißhardt was mortally wounded in combat with US bombers on 5 April 1943 and succumbed to his injuries the next day.
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