Karl-August Petersen, Horst Quednau and Herbert Kuntz

 Three Ritterkreuzträger from Kampfflieger (Bomber pilots). From left to right: Hauptmann Karl-August Petersen (Ritterkreuz on 7 March 1942 as Staffelkapitän 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"), Oberleutnant Horst Quednau (Ritterkreuz on 3 September 1942 as Flugzeugführer in 8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"), and Leutnant Herbert Kuntz (Ritterkreuz on 14 March 1943 as Flugzeugführer in 3.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 100).

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