Hans von Hahn

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Hans von Hahn
Born	7 August 1914 Frankfurt am Main
Died	5 November 1957(1957-11-05) (aged 43) Frankfurt am Main
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine (1934-1935) Luftwaffe (1935-1945)
Years of service	1934-1945
Rank	Hauptmann
Unit	JG 53 JG 3 JG 1 JG 103 Jagdfliegerführer Oberitalien
Commands held	I./JG 3 II./JG 1 JG 103 Jagdfliegerführer Oberitalien
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa Defense of the Reich
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans von Hahn (7 August 1914 – 5 November 1957) 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. During his career he was credited with 31 aerial victories, 12 on the Western Front and 19 on the Eastern Front.

Awards

Aviator badge
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 3^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 175.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1941 – 1945] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-065-7.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Spick, Mike (1996). Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. New York: Ivy Books. ISBN 978-0-8041-1696-1.

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Aces of the Luftwaffe

Military offices
Preceded by Oberleutnant Lothar Keller	Commander of I. Jagdgeschwader 3 27 August 1940–1 March 1942	Succeeded by Hauptmann Georg Michalek
Preceded by None	Commander of II. Jagdgeschwader 1 15 January 1942–June 1942	Succeeded by Oberleutnant Detlev Rohwer
Preceded by Herbert Ihlefeld	Commander of Jagdgeschwader 103 21 July 1943–15 March 1945	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Oberst Eduard Neumann	Commander of Jagdfliegerführer Oberitalien April 1945–8 May 1945	Succeeded by None

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"

Viktor Bauer (Oak Leaves) Franz Beyer Emil Bitsch Eberhard von Boremski Kurt Brändle (Oak Leaves) Max Bucholz Walther Dahl¹ (Oak Leaves) Kurt Ebener Siegfried Engfer Wolf-Udo Ettel (Oak Leaves) Wolfgang Ewald Gustav Frielinghaus Hans Fuß Werner Gerth Gordon Gollob² (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Hans Grünberg Horst Haase Ludwig Häfner Hans von Hahn Josef Haiböck Alfred Heckmann Ekhard Hübner Lothar Keller Heinz Kemethmüller Joachim Kirschner (Oak Leaves) Karl-Heinz Langer Wilhelm Lemke (Oak Leaves) Werner Lucas Günther Lützow (Oak Leaves & Swords) Helmut Meckel Helmut Mertens Georg Michalek Wilhelm Moritz Leopold Münster (Oak Leaves) Klaus Neumann Walter Oesau³ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Walter Ohlrogge Klaus Quaet-Faslem Detlev Rohwer Helmut Rüffler Franz Ruhl Georg Schentke Hans Schleef Winfrid Schmidt Werner Schröer⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Schwaiger Kurt Sochatzy Ekkehard Tichy Willy Unger Hans Weik Franz von Werra Otto Weßling (Oak Leaves) Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke⁵ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Oskar Zimmermann

¹ Oak Leaves with JG 300. ² Swords and Diamonds with JG 77. ³ Knight's Cross with JG 51. ⁴ Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with JG 27. ⁵ Knight's Cross with JG 53.

Persondata
Name	Hahn, Hans von
Alternative names
Short description	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	7 August 1914
Place of birth	Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Date of death	5 November 1957
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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