Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony for Wilhelm Schmidt

Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Hauptmann Werner Schmidt (Staffelkapitän 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif") which were held on 19 August 1944. The prestigious medal was awarded in recognition of his total of over 350 sorties as a bomber pilot. At left is Generalleutnant Rudolf Meister (Kommandierender General IV. Fliegerkorps), while at right is Major der Reserve Alfred Bollmann (Gruppenkommandeur III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif"). Meister and Bollmann both would also receives the Ritterkreuz later.

Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Hauptmann Werner Schmidt from Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif", which were held on 19 August 1944. The prestigious medal was awarded in recognition of his total of over 350 sorties as a bomber pilot. From left to right: Major der Reserve Alfred Bollmann (Gruppenkommandeur III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif"), Generalleutnant Rudolf Meister (Kommandierender General IV. Fliegerkorps), Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Antrup (Geschwaderkommodore Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif"), and Hauptmann Werner Schmidt (Staffelkapitän 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif").

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