Walter Kubisch

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Walter Kubisch
Born	(1918-09-07)7 September 1918 Helbigsdorf
Died	6 October 1944(1944-10-06) (aged 26) Paderborn
Buried at	military cemetery at Stade
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	–1944
Rank	Oberfeldwebel
Unit	NJG 3
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Walter Kubisch (7 September 1918 – 6 October 1944) was a Luftwaffe wireless radio operator of World War II. Kubisch was Helmut Lent's long-time radar and radio operator and had participated in 80 of Lent's 102 night fighter victories.

Awards

Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (18 May 1942)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
German Cross in Gold (19 May 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 December 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and wireless radio operator in the Stab/NJG 3^[2]

References

Citations

↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 152.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 480.

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.

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3

Arnold Döring Rudolf Frank (Oak Leaves) Werner Husemann Walter Kubisch Günther Radusch¹ (Oak Leaves) Hans-Georg Schierholz Paul Szameitat Paul Zorner¹ (Oak Leaves)

¹ Oak Leaves with Nachtjagdgeschwader 5.

Persondata
Name	Kubisch, Walter
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	7 September 1918
Place of birth	Helbigsdorf
Date of death	6 October 1944
Place of death	Paderborn

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