Egon August Agtha (1918-1945) was a German bomb disposal specialist in Berlin during World War II. Initially an artillery soldier, he was trained as a bomb disposal specialist from 1939-1941. He was severely wounded by the explosion of a British unexploded ordinance in 1942. He returned to active duty two years later and was made the leader of the Sprengkommando 1 (1st Bomb Disposal Unit) of the Luftwaffe (Air Force) in Berlin sometimes in 1944. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knights Cross of the Iron Cross) on February 3rd, 1945, and promoted to Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant) by Hitler personally on the same day. He was further awarded the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz (Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross) on March 12th, 1945, and was again promoted by Hitler personally on the same day, this time to Hauptmann (Captain). He died during fighting with Soviet troops in Berlin on May 2nd, 1945.
Source :
Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 755 - 22 March 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWxWY4rFhTg
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/28059/Agtha-Egon-August-Sprengkommando-1.htm
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