Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt

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Ludwig-Wilhelm "Lutz" Burckhardt
Nickname	"Lutz"
Born	5 February 1919 Bremen
Died	2 January 1993(1993-01-02) (aged 73) Bollschweil
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1939–1945 1950's–?
Rank	Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Unit	JG 77 JGr Süd JG 1 EJG 2
Battles/wars	World War II Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) North African Campaign Italian Campaign Defense of the Reich
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ludwig-Wilhelm "Lutz" Burckhardt^{[Note 1]} (5 February 1919 – 2 January 1993) 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 69 aerial victories, 16 on the Western Front and 53 on the Eastern Front.

Awards

Aviator badge
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (19 October 1942)^[2]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 October 1942 as Leutnant and pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 77^[3]^{[Note 2]}

Notes

↑ According to Scherzer his name is Ludwig-Wilhelm Burkhardt.^[1]
↑ According to Scherzer as pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 77.^[1]

References

Citations

↑ 1.0 1.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 255.
↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 97.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 128.

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.

External links

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 77

Johann Badum Heinz-Edgar Berres Walter Brandt Jürgen Brocke Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt Erwin Clausen (Oak Leaves) Siegfried Freytag Friedrich Geißhardt (Oak Leaves) Gordon Gollob¹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Anton Hackl² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Heinz Hackler Günther Hannak Jürgen Harang Franz Hrdlicka Wolf-Dietrich Huy (Oak Leaves) Herbert Ihlefeld (Oak Leaves & Swords) Herbert Kaiser Armin Köhler Kurt Lasse Anton Mader Emil Omert Johann Pichler Alexander Preinfalk Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert³ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Rudolf Schmidt Franz Schulte Heinrich Setz (Oak Leaves) Kurt Ubben (Oak Leaves) Alexander von Winterfeldt Bernhard Woldenga

¹ Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with JG 3. ² Swords with JG 11. ³ Swords with JG 27.

Persondata
Name	Burckhardt, Ludwig-Wilhelm
Alternative names
Short description	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	5 February 1919
Place of birth	Bremen, Germany
Date of death	2 January 1993
Place of death	Bollschweil, Germany

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