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Friday, April 7, 2023

Six Ritterkreuzträger from Kampfgeschwader 55

Six Ritterkreuzträger who served or once served in II.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 55 (KG 55) "Greif" posing together for the camera, summer 1944. From left to right: Hauptmann Robert Seib (Staffelkapitän 6.Staffel / II.Gruppe. Ritterkreuz on 9 October 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän 6./KG 55), Major Heinrich "Heinz" Höfer (Gruppenkommandeur II.Gruppe. Ritterkreuz on 3 September 1943 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur II./KG 55 and later Eichenlaub on 18 November 1944 in the same position), Oberst Friedrich Kless (Chef des Generalstabes Luftflotte 6. Ritterkreuz on 14 October 1940 as Gruppenkommandeur II./KG 55), Major Dipl.-ing. Wilhelm "Willy" Antrup (Geschwaderkommodore Kampfgeschwader 55. Ritterkreuz on 13 November 1942 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän 5./KG 55 and later Eichenlaub on 18 November 1944 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore KG 55), Hauptmann Eitel-Albert Barth (Ic IV. Fliegerkorps. Ritterkreuz on 24 March 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer 4./KG 55), and Oberleutnant Josef Luxenburger (Stabsoffizier Luftflotte 6. Ritterkreuz on 3 April 1943 as Oberleutnant and Beobachter in 4./KG 55).

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