RUDEL, Hans-Ulrich
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Rudel, Hans-Ulrich Date of birth:  July 2nd, 1916 (Konradswaldau-Landeshut/Silesia, Germany) Date of death:  December 18th, 1982 (Rosenheim/Bavaria, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: November 10th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: July 18th, 1941         FRONTFLUGSPANGE FÜR KAMPFFLIEGER IN GOLD Awarded on: July 18th, 1941         LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG Awarded on: September 20th, 1941         DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: III. / Stukageschwader 2 Awarded on: December 2nd, 1941 Details: Award 7/8.         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Staffelkapitän 9. / Stukageschwader 2 " Immelmann " Awarded on: January 6th, 1942 Action: Sinking the Soviet battle ship "Marat" (23600 BRT) Details: 392nd Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Staffelkapitän 1. / Stukageschwader 2 "Immelmann" (Squadron commander) Awarded on: April 14th, 1943 Action: Sinking 70 landing boats at the Kuban bridgehead with the Ju 87 "Kanonenvogel". Details: 229th Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur III. / Stukageschwader 2 " Immelmann " Awarded on: November 25th, 1943 Details: 42nd Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: March 27th, 1944         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: March 28th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ, EICHENLAUB, SCHWERTERN UND BRILLANTEN Rank: Major Unit: Kommandeur IH. / Schlagtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann " Awarded on: March 29th, 1944 Details: 10th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: June 3rd, 1944         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: August 6th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ, GOLDENER EICHENLAUB MIT SCHWERTERN UND BRILLANTEN Rank: Oberstleutnant Unit: Führer Schlagtgeschwader 2 " Immelmann " Awarded on: December 29th, 1944 Action: At the ame time with the awarding, followed the promotion to Oberst. Details: 1st Award. Strike the balance after 2530 raids: - 519 russian tanks - 1 battleship - 1 destroyer - 70 landing boats - 800+ motorized vehicles - 150+ Artillery -, Pak and anti-aircraft positions - 9 air victories (7 hunters, 2 battle airplanes Il 2)         GEMEINSAMES FLUGZEUGFUHRER-BEOBACHTER ABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN Awarded on: 1944         MAGYAR TISZTI ARANY VITÉZSÉGI ÉREM Awarded on: January 16th, 1945         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: February 10th, 1945         FRONTFLUGSPANGE FÜR SCHLACHTFLIEGER IN GOLD MIT BRILLIANTEN Details: Received with operations number "2000"         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD         MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 1. OKTOBER 1938         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection - Photo grave: Norbert Beyelein Information source(s):   - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X - Pilotenbunker