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Sunday, June 7, 2020

Nashorn Ace Albert Ernst

Nashorn Ace Albert Ernst was nicknamed the "Tiger of Vitebsk" for he knocked out 19 Soviet tanks during the Battle of Vitebsk. His gunner Kramer destroyed a Russian JS-2 at 4,800 Meters! He received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 22 January 1944 as Leutnant and Zugführer in 1.Kompanie / schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 519. Albert Ernst and his Jagdtiger unit of 1/s.Pz.Jg.Abt.512 surrendered at Iserlohn in the Ruhr pocket on April 16,1945 (3 Jagdtigers, 1 bergepanther G, 5 sdkfz 251, one sdkfz 250 and a M3A1 scout car)
 
 


 


Source :
ECPAD Archives
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/30017/Ernst-Albert.htm

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