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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https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2433536#p2433536

Bio of Oberst d.R. Alfred Bollmann (1905-1978)

Alfred "Fred" Bollmann

Date of birth: September 9th, 1905 (Berlin/Brandenburg, German Empire)
Date of death: November 20th, 1978 (Lüneburg/Lowersaxony, West German)

Promotions:
?: Gefreiter der Reserve;
July 13th, 1935: Obergefreiter der Reserve;
June 4th, 1936: Unteroffizier der Reserve;
July 1st, 1936: Feldwebel der Reserve;
August 1st, 1938: Leutnant der Reserve;
October 1st, 1940: Oberleutnant der Reserve;
April 1st, 1943: Hauptmann der Reserve;
January 1st, 1944: Major der Reserve;
?: Oberst der Reserve.

Career:
?: 2. Kompanie, Ergänzungs-Bataillon 18;
?: 1. Kompanie, Schützen-Regiment 3;
?: II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26;
?: Stab, Führer der Luftwaffe West;
?: Stab Flieger-Division 10;
?: Stab X. Fliegerkorps;
?: 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 26;
?: Stab Luftgruppenkommando VIII;
?: Generalkommando VIII. Fliegerkorps
?: Luftgruppenkommando XII/XIII;
?: IV. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55;
?: Luftflottenkommando 4;
?: I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 100
?: III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55;
?: Stab, Luftgruppenkommando III (Fuhrgerät);
?: Stab, Luftflotten..;
?: Stab, Luftgau XI.

Medals and Decorations:
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 (1 September 1939)
Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen (1940)
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze (18 April 1940)
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (18 May 1940)
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (18 May 1940)
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Silber (23 June 1940)
Narvikschild in Silber
Bulgarian Observers Badge (1 May 1941)
Bulgarian Order of Military Merit 3rd Class, awarded with War Decoration.(1942)
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (1 September 1942)
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg (10 September 1942)
Krimschild (15 March 1943)
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold (9 July 1943)
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz (28 August 1943)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (17 October 1943)
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger (1 December 1943)
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (29 October 1944), as Major der Reserve and Gruppenkommandeur III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif" (awarded for his achievements over the course of flying 290 bomber sorties).


Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2433536#p2433536
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/88957/Bollmann-Alfred-Fred.htm