RAHT, Gerhard Ferdinand Otto
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Raht, Gerhard Ferdinand Otto Date of birth:  June 6th, 1920 (Reinfeld/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Date of death:  January 11th, 1977 (Reinfeld/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Gerhard Rath flew a total of 171 missions with 58 victories. He scored his first victory on July 26th/27th 1942. In the night from 15 to 16 March 1945 he achieved 5 victories (nr's 54 till 58).       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: April 3rd, 1942         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Rank: Oberleutnant Unit: Staffelkapitän 1. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Awarded on: March 13th, 1943         LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG Rank: Oberleutnant Unit: Staffelkapitän 1. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Awarded on: September 6th, 1943         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (Lieutenant) Unit: Staffelkapitän 1. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Awarded on: January 28th, 1944 Details: Award 3/520         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Staffelkapitän 1. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Awarded on: June 24th, 1944 Details: 1254th Award         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Rank: Hauptmann Unit: Kommandeur I. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Awarded on: February 10th, 1945         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur I. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Awarded on: April 15th, 1945 Details: 833th Award         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Onno Hilko Boerma Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001 - Onno Boerma - Lexikon der Wehrmacht