Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow

Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow
Born 5 May 1908
Stettin
Died 10 September 1990(1990-09-10) (aged 82)
Kiel
Allegiance Nazi Germany
 West Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service 1939–1945
1950s–1964
Rank Major (Wehrmacht)
Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Unit KGr. Z.b.V. 108
NJG 1
Battles/wars

World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work Lufthansa

Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow (5 May 1908 – 10 September 1990) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow claimed 34 aerial victories, all of them at night; 33 in the Heinkel 219 Uhu.[Notes 1] In the 1950s he joined Bundeswehr, and retired 1964 as an Oberstleutnant.

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Notes

  1. ^ For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces.

References

Citations
  1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 256.
Bibliography
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
  • Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 - 1945 (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-065-6.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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