Lothar Keller

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Lothar Keller
Born	7 April 1914 Dresden
Died	26 June 1941(1941-06-26) (aged 27) Wladimierz, Poland
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	?-1941
Rank	Hauptmann
Unit	Condor Legion JG 3
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Lothar Keller (7 April 1914 – 26 June 1941) 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. On 26 June 1941 Lothar Keller was killed after he collided in mid-air with a Fi 156. During his career he was credited with 23 victories, 4 on the Eastern Front, 16 on the Western Front and 3 during the Spanish Civil War. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 9 July 1941.

Awards

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

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 207.

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. 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 [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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Military offices
Preceded by Hauptmann Günther Lützow	Commander of I. Jagdgeschwader 3 24 August 1940–27 August 1940	Succeeded by Hauptmann Hans von Hahn
Preceded by Hauptmann Erich Woitke	Commander of II. Jagdgeschwader 3 24 November 1940–26 June 1941	Succeeded by Hauptmann Gordon Gollob

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	Keller, Lothar
Alternative names
Short description	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	7 April 1914
Place of birth	Dresden, Germany
Date of death	26 June 1941
Place of death	Wladimierz, Poland

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