Friedrich Rumpelhardt

Friedrich "Fritz" Rumpelhardt
Nickname "Fritz"
Born 19 June 1920
Nordhalden
Died 20 January 2011(2011-01-20) (aged 90)
Kehl
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service ?–1945
Rank Leutnant
Unit NJG 1
Battles/wars

World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Friedrich "Fritz" Rumpelhardt (19 June 1920 – 20 January 2011) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II.

During his career he participated in 130 missions as a Bordfunker (radio/radar operator) with NJG 1 and NJG 4, and participated in 100 aerial victories as a crewman with Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer from October 1942 (as a Unteroffizier) until the end of the war. He was the most successful Radar Operator (in terms of confirmed victories) in the Luftwaffe Nachtjagd.

As a Leutnant he was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in July 1944.

He was nominated for the Eichenlaub on 8 March 1945.

In the late nineties Rumpelhardt self-published an 119 page account of his wartime experiences, "Meine Geschichte und die meiner Familie: Die Zeit des Kriegsdienstes".

Awards and decorations

References

Citations
  1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 299.
Bibliography
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 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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