Leopold Steinbatz Military person

Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz (born 25 October 1918 in Vienna, Austria, killed in action 23 June 1942 near Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, on the Eastern Front) was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and the only non-Officer recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 25, 1918
Birth place
Vienna , Austria
Date of deathJune 23, 1942

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Military person

allegianceNazi Germany
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Operation Barbarossa
World War II
military branch
Luftwaffe
military unit
Jagdgeschwader 52
service start1937
service end1942

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=IzJUlCpm4zMC&printsec=frontcover
  2. http://lesbutler.co.uk/claims/tonywood.htm
  3. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SteinbatzL.htm
  4. http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.nom.br/ases/steinbatz.htm.
  5. http://www.ww2.dk
  6. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20S-Z%20-%20April%202012.pdf