Hartmann Grasser Military person

Hartmann Grasser (23 August 1914 – 2 June 1986) was a World War II German fighter ace. He was credited with shooting down 103 Allied aircraft while flying 700 missions on the Western Front (8 victories), Eastern Front (83 victories), and in North Africa (12 victories.) He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 23, 1914
Birth place
Graz , Austria
Date of deathJune 02, 1986
Place of death
Cologne , West Germany

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Military person

allegianceDeutsches Reich Großdeutsches Reich
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
World War II
military branch
Luftwaffe
service start1936
service end1945

Hartmann Grasser on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/G/GrasserH.htm
  2. http://www.luftwaffe.cz/grasser.html