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Old 8th July 2008, 21:49
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Hello,
I'd like to know if excepted Wilhelm Fulda and Elimar Meyer there are other Glider pilots who received the Ritterkreuz ?
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Old 23rd February 2020, 09:00
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Gentlemen,I too like to know if there is there is other gliders pilots of Germany that won the Knight's Cross.

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Glider was a part of training, so what do you mean?
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Old 23rd February 2020, 10:27
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Glider was a part of training, so what do you mean?
Presumably he means DFS 230 pilots serving with the paras at Eben Emael, Crete etc.
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Or some that they hv "Abschüsse" ??
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Gentlemen,I too like to know if there is there is other gliders pilots of Germany that won the Knight's Cross.

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There are various websites dealing with Luftwaffe and other RK-Träger that you could look at.
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Old 23rd February 2020, 15:36
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Re: RK Glider pilots
Three pilots of military gliders received the Ritterkreuz:
-Walter Kiess 12-05-1940, Eben Emael
-Wilhelm Fulda 14-06-1941, Korinth/Greece
-Elimar Meyer 17-09-1943, Gran Sasso raid/Italy
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