Adolf Dickfeld

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Adolf Dickfeld
20 February 1910 (1910-02-20) –
Adolf Dickfeld
Place of birth	Jüterbog in Brandenburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1937-1945
Rank	Oberst
Unit	JG 52, JG 2, JG 11
Commands held	II./JG 11
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Mediterranean Theatre North African campaign Eastern Front
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Oberst Adolf Dickfeld (born 20 February 1910) is a German World War II Luftwaffe 136 victories Flying ace.

Adolf Dickfeld was officially credited with 136 victories claimed in 1072 combat missions. He also claimed a further 15 enemy aircraft unconfirmed. ^[1] He claimed about 128 victories over the Eastern front. Included in his total are 2 confirmed four-engine bombers and possibly several unconfirmed. Reputedly he claimed one victory flying the Heinkel He 162 jet fighter, a P-47 Thunderbolt on 11 April 1945.

[edit] After the war

Dickfeld continued to fly professionally in Germany and Africa.

[edit] Awards

Iron Cross
- 2nd Class (13 December 1939)
- 1st Class (12 January 1942)
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (15 December 1941)
German Cross in Gold (22 January 1942)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross (19 March 1942)
- 94. Oak Leaves (19 May 1942)

[edit] References

^ Dickfeld 2005, p390.

Aces of the Luftwaffe. Adolf Dickfeld. Retrieved on 13 May 2007.
Dickfeld, Adolf. Die Fährte des Jägers Kriegerlebnisse eines Jagdfliegers. Schnellbach, Germany: Verlag Siegfried Bublies, 2005. ISBN 3-926584-37-8.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.

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