Hans-Ulrich Rudel Military person

Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916 – 18 December 1982) was a Stuka dive-bomber pilot during World War II. The most highly decorated German serviceman of the war, Rudel was one of only 27 military men to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, and the only person to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), Germany's highest military decoration at the time.Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, 70 landing craft, nine aircraft, four armored trains, several bridges, a destroyer, two cruisers, and the Soviet battleship Marat.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 02, 1916
Birth place	Grzędy Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Date of death	December 18, 1982
Place of death	Rosenheim
Resting place	Theilenhofen , Gunzenhausen

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allegiance	Nazi Germany
award	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations	Eastern Front (World War II) Battle of Kursk World War II
military branch	Luftwaffe
military command	III./StG 2 SG 2
military unit	Schlachtgeschwader 2 Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
service start	1936
service end	1945