Anton Hübsch

Anton "Toni" Hübsch
Nickname(s) "Toni"
Born 16 March 1918
Rottach-Egern
Died 31 October 1973(1973-10-31) (aged 55)
West Germany
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service 1942–45
Rank Oberfeldwebel
Unit StG 2
SG 2
Battles/wars

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Anton "Toni" Hübsch (16 March 1918 – 31 October 1973) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel in the Luftwaffe during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. During his career, he flew 1060 missions and was credited with the destruction of 120+ tanks and 2 troop transports.[Note 1]

Awards and decorations

Notes

  1. ↑ For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces
  2. ↑ According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann".[2]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 237.
  2. ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 408.

Bibliography

  • Brütting, Georg (1992) [1976]. Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 – 1945 [These were the German Stuka Aces 1939 – 1945] (in German) (7th ed.). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch. ISBN 978-3-87943-433-6. 
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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 (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Volume II Dive Bomber and Attack Aircraft] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-021-3. 
  • 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. 

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