Five Pilots of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (StG 2)

Five pilots of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (StG 2) in early 1942. From left to right: Hauptmann Martin Möbus (Staffelkapitän 4. Staffel. Ritterkreuz on 8 May 1940 and Eichenlaub on 25 April 1944. Killed in a car crash in Pori, Finnland, on 2 June 1944), Leutnant Egbert Jaeckel (Flugzeugführer in 3.Staffel. Ritterkreuz on 14 May 1942. Killed on 17 July 1943 during the Battle of Kursk by Soviet fighters), Hauptmann Bruno Dilley (Gruppenkommandeur I. Gruppe. Ritterkreuz on 4 June 1942 and Eichenlaub on 8 January 1943. Survived the war), Oberleutnant Hans-Ulrich Rudel (Staffelkapitän 9. Staffel. Ritterkreuz on 6 January 1942, Eichenlaub on 14 April 1943, Schwerter on 25 November 1943, Brillanten on 29 March 1944, and Goldenem Eichenlaub on 29 December 1944. Survived the war), and Oberleutnant Armin Thiede (Adjutant II. Gruppe. Ritterkreuz on 14 June 1941. Killed in a crash with a glider on 9 July 1943). These men flew over 5,600 sorties in total, with Rudel alone achieving about 45%!

Source :
"Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries" by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
"Stuka-lentäjä" by Hans-Ulrich Rudel

Eight Ritterkreuzträger from Rhineland

Eight recipients of the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes from Rhineland that was published in "Unsere Ritterkreuzträger", a cut-out from unknown period magazine, 1943 edition. They are as follows: Hauptmann Armin Thiede (Ritterkreuz on 14 June 1941 as Leutnant and Flugzeugführer in 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"), SS-Hauptsturmführer Erwin Meierdrees (Ritterkreuz on 13 March 1942 as SS-Obersturmführer and Führer Sturmgeschütz-Batterie / SS-Totenkopf-Artillerie-Regiment / SS-Division "Totenkopf"), Hauptmann Hermann Maek (Ritterkreuz on 20 March 1942 as Oberleutnant and Führer 5.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 453 / 253.Infanterie-Division), Unteroffizier Eduard Wintershoff (Ritterkreuz on 25 August 1942 as Unteroffizier and Geschützführer in 2.Kompanie / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 8 / 8.Infanterie-Division), Oberleutnant Klaus Voormann (Ritterkreuz on 10 September 1942 as Oberleutnant and Chef 10.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 134 / 44.Infanterie-Division), Oberleutnant Hermann Neuhoff (Ritterkreuz on 16 June 1942 as Leutnant and Staffelführer in III.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 53), Hauptmann Werner Schröer (Ritterkreuz on 20 October 1942 as Leutnant and Staffelkapitän 8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 27), and Oberleutnant Günter Hasenbeck (Ritterkreuz on 26 August 1943 as Oberleutnant and Kompanieführer in Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 6 / 6.Panzer-Division)

Source :
https://www.ratisbons.com/autographs-photos/meierdrees-hubert-erwin-autograph-grouping.html