Gerhard Koall

Gerhard "Knall" Koall

Nickname	"Knall"
Born	7 June 1912 Königsberg, East Prussia
Died	27 April 1945(1945-04-27) (aged 32) Anklam
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	?-1945
Rank	Hauptmann
Unit	JG 54 EJG 1 JG 101 JG 3
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gerhard "Knall" Koall (7 June 1912 – 27 April 1945) was a German 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. Gerhard Koall was killed on 27 April 1945 after being hit by soviet flak near Anklam. During his career he was credited with 37 victories, 35 on the Eastern Front and 2 during the Invasion of Yugoslavia.

Awards

Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (1 March 1943)
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
German Cross in Gold (17 October 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 October 1944 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the IV. / Jagdgeschwader 54 ^[1]

References

Citations

^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 216.

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.
Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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.
Spick, Mike (1996). Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. New York: Ivy Books. ISBN 0-8041-1696-2.

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Military offices
Preceded by Hauptmann Siegfried Schnell	Acting Commander of IV. Jagdgeschwader 54 February 1944–1 May 1944	Succeeded by Major Wolfgang Späte
Preceded by Major Otto Bertram	Commander of I. Jagdgeschwader 101 1 May 1944–15 January 1945	Succeeded by Hauptmann Ferdinand Vögl
Preceded by Oberleutnant Oskar Romm	Commander of IV. Jagdgeschwader 3 25 April 1945–27 April 1945	Succeeded by Hauptmann Günther Schack

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 54

Horst Ademeit (Oak Leaves) Hans Beißwenger (Oak Leaves) Hans-Ekkehard Bob Paul Brandt Hugo Broch Herbert Broennle Anton Döbele Franz Eckerle (Oak Leaves) Franz Eisenach Günter Fink Hans Götz Helmut Grollmus Horst Hannig¹ (Oak Leaves) Hans-Joachim Heyer Reinhold Hoffmann Dietrich Hrabak² (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Jung Karl Kempf Otto Kittel (Oak Leaves & Swords) Rudolf Klemm Gerhard Koall Hans-Joachim Kroschinski Emil Lang (Oak Leaves) Arnold Lignitz Gerhard Loos Helmut Mißner Hubert Mütherich Walter Nowotny (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Max-Hellmuth Ostermann (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hans Philipp (Oak Leaves & Swords) Wilhelm Philipp Josef Pöhs Rudolf Rademacher Erich Rudorffer³ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Friedrich Rupp Carl Sattig Günther Scheel Wilhelm Schilling Hermann Schleinhege Reinhard Seiler (Oak Leaves) Peter Siegler Wolfgang Späte (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Sterr Max Stotz (Oak Leaves) Fritz Tegtmeier Alfred Teumer Gerhard Thyben (Oak Leaves) Hannes Trautloft Joachim Wandel Robert Weiß (Oak Leaves) Heinz Wernicke Ulrich Wernitz Ulrich Wöhnert Albin Wolf (Oak Leaves) Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart

¹ Oak Leaves with JG 2. ² Oak Leaves with JG 52. ³ Knight’s Cross with JG 2.

Persondata
Name	Koall, Gerhard
Alternative names
Short description	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	7 June 1912
Place of birth	Königsberg, East Prussia
Date of death	27 April 1945
Place of death	Anklam, Germany