Ernst Gadermann

Dr. med. Ernst Gadermann
Born 25 December 1913(1913-12-25)
Wuppertal
Died 26 November 1973(1973-11-26) (aged 59)
Hamburg
Allegiance Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Rank Oberstabsarzt
Unit StG 2, SG 2
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work Professor for Cardiology

Oberstabsarzt Dr. med. Ernst Gadermann[Note 1] (born 25 December 1913 in Wuppertal – died 26 November 1973 in Hamburg) was a German World War II doctor in the Sanitätsdienst. After World War II he became a well known cardiologist.

During World War II he flew more than 850 combat missions in Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) aircraft as a rear gunner.[1] From May 1944 until his last mission on 9 February 1945 he flew with the most decorated German serviceman of the war, Hans-Ulrich Rudel. On this last mission he saved Rudel's life by pulling him from their severely damaged Ju 87 and applying first aid. Rudel's lower leg had been almost shot off, but he managed to land the aircraft before losing consciousness.

Gadermann was chief of the 1972 Summer Olympics sports medicine faculty. He died of a heart attack on 26 November 1973 in Hamburg on his way to a lecture.

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ In German a Doctor of Medicine is abbreviated as Dr. med. (Doctor medicinae).

References

  1. ^ For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces
  • Brütting, Georg. Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 - 1945. Motorbuch, Stuttgart, 1995. ISBN 3-87943-433-6.
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. 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.