Richard Linke

Richard Linke
Born	3 April 1909 Queissen
Died	31 December 1995(1995-12-31) (aged 86) Siegburg
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine Luftwaffe German Navy
Years of service	1929–1945 1956–?
Rank	Major (Luftwaffe) Kapitän zur See (Bundesmarine)
Unit	Karlsruhe Deutschland Küsten-Flieger-Gruppe 806 Kampfgeschwader 54
Commands held	I./KG 54 III./KG 54
Battles/wars	World War II Eastern Front Mediterranean Campaign
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Richard Linke (3 April 1909 – 31 December 1995) was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (10 March 1940)^[1]
- 1st Class (13 July 1940)^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 9 December 1942 as Major in the III./Kampfgeschwader 54^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 September 1941 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 54^[3]
Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 21 June 1942

References

Citations

1 2 Kaiser 2011, p. 20.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 281.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 240.

Bibliography

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.
Kaiser, Jochen (2011). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger—Band 2 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Bomber Flyer—Volume 2] (in German and English). Bad Zwischenahn, Germany: Luftfahrtverlag-Start. ISBN 978-3-941437-09-8.
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.
Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, 1. September 1939 bis 31. Dezember 1941 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 1, 1 September 1939 to 31 December 1941] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Hauptmann Jobst Heinrich von Heydebreck	Commander of I./Kampfgeschwader 54 1 March 1941 – 19 August 1941	Succeeded by Hauptmann Walter Freimann
Preceded by Major Kurt Leonhardy	Commander of III./Kampfgeschwader 54 1 September 1942 – 17 September 1942	Succeeded by Major Kurt Stein

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Kampfgeschwader 54

Otto Höhne Richard Linke

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