Hermann Neuhoff

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Hermann Neuhoff

Born	11 April 1918 Rheinhausen
Died	17 January 2006(2006-01-17) (aged 87) Rheinhausen
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	?-1945
Rank	Leutnant
Unit	JG 53
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa Siege of Malta
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hermann Neuhoff (11 April 1918 – 17 January 2006) was a German Luftwaffe 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. On 10 April 1942 he was shot down during combat over Malta and was taken prisoner by British troops. During his career he was credited with 40 aerial victories in 452 missions.

Awards

Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (6 January 1941)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 June 1942 as Leutnant and Staffelführer in the III./Jagdgeschwader 53^[2]

References

Citations

↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 173.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 264.

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.
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.

External links

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 53

Franz Barten Helmut Belser Heinz Bretnütz Wilhelm Crinius (Oak Leaves) Fritz Dinger Rudolf Ehrenberger Alfred Franke Franz Götz Heinz Golinski Jürgen Harder¹ (Oak Leaves) Eduard Isken Helmut Lipfert² (Oak Leaves) Stefan Litjens Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (Oak Leaves) Hans-Karl Mayer Julius Meimberg Gerhard Michalski³ (Oak Leaves) Werner Mölders⁴ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Friedrich-Karl Müller (Oak Leaves) Hermann Neuhoff Hans Roehrig Herbert Rollwage (Oak Leaves) Franz Schieß Erich Schmidt Herbert Schramm⁵ (Oak Leaves) Günther Seeger Werner Stumpf Wolfgang Tonne (Oak Leaves) Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke⁶ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Walter Zellot

¹Oak Leaves with JG 11. ²Knight's Cross with JG 52. ³Oak Leaves with JG 4. ⁴Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds with JG 51. ⁵Oak Leaves with JG 27. ⁶Oak Leaves and Swords with JG 3.

Persondata
Name	Neuhoff, Hermann
Alternative names
Short description	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	11 April 1918
Place of birth	Rheinhausen, Germany
Date of death	17 January 2006
Place of death	Rheinhausen, Germany

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