Re: Birth/Death details of non Ritterkreuz 50+ aces
 

I guess their were no clear cut case about the Knight's Cross for German fighter pilots. It is been over two years since the last answer that I got.

Edward L. Hsiao

Re: Birth/Death details of non Ritterkreuz 50+ aces
 

It would be interesting to know what German ace that is on the non-Knight's Cross list had joined the Bundeswehr or maybe the French Foreign Legion.

Edward L. Hsiao

Re: Birth/Death details of non Ritterkreuz 50+ aces
 

Kurt Olsen was born 23.08.1915

Re: Birth/Death details of non Ritterkreuz 50+ aces
 

Kurt Olsen may have continue flying and scoring after he was wounded after scoring 54 air to air victories.

Edward L. Hsiao

Re: Birth/Death details of non Ritterkreuz 50+ aces
 

No, Lt. Kurt Olsen scored probably no victories after 21.9.44 when he bailed out wounded. He did return to IV./JG 54 but not in time to start flying missions before IV./JG 54 became II./JG 7 in February 1945. He retrained on Me 262 but did not fly operations again until late April 1945. His last known claim was on 24.8.1944 (his 54.)