Oberleutnant Werner Baumbach with fellow Luftwaffe flieger. He is wearing the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes #14 which he received on 8 May 1940 as Leutnant and Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 30 (KG 30) "Adler". The medal was awarded for achieving a direct hit on the French cruiser “Emile Bertin” while it was located off the Norwegian coast on the 19 April 1940. By this time he had flown 26 sorties.
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