German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient (1915–1964)
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 (major)
Unit
JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 7
Commands held
7./JG 51, 12./JG 26, II./JG 1, II./JG 7
Battles/wars
World War II
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 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. Staiger was credited with 63 aerial victories during World War II, 49 on the Western Front and 14 on the Eastern Front.
HermannStaiger (6 April 1915 – 22 June 1964) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's...
Museum from 1876 to 1879. Staiger was one of a number of influential German-speaking residents — such as Ludwig Becker, Hermann Beckler, William Blandowski...
Otto Staiger". Website Dreiländermuseum, Sammlungsdatenbank. 2015-10-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. "Hermann Scherer Biography – Hermann Scherer...
creating a II. Gruppe of JG 7 and placed under the command of Major HermannStaiger. III. Gruppe of JG 7 was formed from the remnants of Kommando Nowotny...
command to Hauptmann HermannStaiger. Borris returned to JG 26 on 14 July, and resumed command of I. Gruppe on 1 August after Staiger had been transferred...
Oberleutnant 60 JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 7 September 1942 HermannStaiger Major 63 JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 7 Knight's Cross incl. 26 heavy bombers...
9—Grave 210) at Venray. According to Weal, Frey, together with Major HermannStaiger, was the most successful fighter pilot against the heavy bombers while...
Luftwaffe. Its creation began in early 1937. A plan dated 14 March 1936 by Hermann Göring, at the time Reichsminister der Luftfahrt (Minister of Aviation)...
Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 51 while command of 7./JG 51 went to Oberleutnant HermannStaiger. By October 1940, Oesau had a total score of 48 (including 26 Spitfires)...
killed in action on 24 December. The commander of II. Gruppe, Hauptmann HermannStaiger, had landed his combat damaged aircraft at Frankfurt and had not yet...
Jagdgeschwader 7 (JG 7—7th Fighter Wing) under the command of Major HermannStaiger. However Glunz never flew the Me 262 in combat. On 1 May 1945, Glunz...
aerial victories claimed. During his absence from the Gruppe, Hauptmann HermannStaiger temporarily replaced him as commander of III. Gruppe. On 1 April, he...
him down: Feldwebel Gerd Wiegand, Major Klaus Mietusch and Hauptmann HermannStaiger. Initially reported as missing it was not until towards the end of...
Ruemker), Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Richard Wolfgang Semon, Karl Theodor Staiger, George Ulrich, Eugene von Guérard, Robert von Lendenfeld, Ferdinand von...
Agüero Amalric de Poncharra, Viviana Erpel, Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff, Tehani Staiger Notes Towards an African Orestes 1970 Pier Paolo Pasolini Gian Vittorio...
Christian Rümker (a.k.a. Ruemker), Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Karl Theodor Staiger, George Ulrich, Eugene von Guérard, Robert von Lendenfeld, Ferdinand von...
Specht Emanuel Sperner Theodor Spieker Herbert Spohn Roland Sprague Ludwig Staiger Simon von Stampfer Angelika Steger Karl Stein Carl August von Steinheil...
brief but fierce shelling a German force under the command of Generalmajor Hermann Freiherr von Hügel, part of the Württemberg Division (Generalleutnant Hugo...
halting problem for classical Turing machines. Cristian Calude and Ludwig Staiger present the following pseudocode algorithm as a solution to the halting...
Global Information
Nazi Germany
Luftwaffe