Anton Mader

Anton Mader
Born	(1913-01-07)7 January 1913
Died	19 February 1984(1984-02-19) (aged 71)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany Austria
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Rank	Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Brigadier (Bundesheer)
Commands held	JG 11, JG 54
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Bundesheer

Anton Mader (born 7 January 1913 – 19 February 1984) was a German pilot during World War II. He claimed 86 victories and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He held commanded fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 54 in 1944.

Awards

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (7 October 1941)^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 2 January 1942 as Hauptmann in the II./JG 77^[2]
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 July 1942 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./JG 77^[3]^{[Note 1]}

Notes

↑ According to Scherzer on 15 July 1942.^[4]

References

Citations

↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 163.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 290.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 300.
↑ Scherzer 2000, p. 522.

Bibliography

Berger, Florian; Habisohn, Christian (2003). Ritterkreuzträger im Österreichischen Bundesheer 1955–1985 [Knight's Cross Bearers of the Austrian Armed Forces 1955–1985] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-2-0.
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 (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of Jagdgeschwader 11 1 April 1943 – 11 November 1943	Succeeded by Oberstleutnant Hermann Graf
Preceded by Major Hubertus von Bonin	Commander of Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherz 28 January 1944 – September 1944	Succeeded by Oberst Dietrich Hrabak

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 77
Heinz-Edgar Berres Siegfried Freytag Friedrich Geißhardt (Oak Leaves) Gordon Gollob¹ (Diamonds) Anton Hackl² (Swords) Wolf-Dietrich Huy (Oak Leaves) Herbert Ihlefeld (Swords) Anton Mader Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert³ (Swords) Heinrich Setz (Oak Leaves) Kurt Ubben (Oak Leaves) Bernhard Woldenga
¹Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with JG 3. ²Swords with JG 11. ³Swords with JG 27.

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