Rudolf Klemm Military person

Rudolf Klemm (10 February 1918 – 5 July 1989) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. During his career he was credited with 42 aerial victories in 293 missions. Klemm's plane was shot down 4 times and he saved his life twice by parachuting and twice with an emergency landing.After the war Klemm was an instructor in his own flying school for small aircraft based on the airport of Basel-Mulhouse until his plane crashed mysteriously, when he was on training with a trainee pilot.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 10, 1918
Birth place
Germany , Weil am Rhein
Date of deathJuly 05, 1989
Place of death
Germany

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Military person

award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Siege of Leningrad
Defence of the Reich
World War II
military branch
Luftwaffe
military command
III./JG 54
IV./JG 26
military unit
Jagdgeschwader 54
Jagdgeschwader 26
service start1937
service end1945

Rudolf Klemm on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/K/KlemmR.htm
  2. http://www.luftwaffe.cz/klemm.html
  3. http://www.ww2awards.com/person/23888