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Walter Lehweß-Litzmann
aircraft pilot · bomber pilot · colonel
- June 5, 1907 · Bydgoszcz
- September 16, 1986 · Wildau
- 79 years
About Walter Lehweß-Litzmann
Walter Lehweß-Litzmann, 79, Nazi German Luftwaffe pilot, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient.
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|Walter Lehweß-Litzmann (5 June 1907 – 16 September 1986) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After the war he served in the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic, in 1955 CIA identified him as the deputy commander in charge of training for what would become Air Forces of the National People's Army the next year, later worked for the East German airline Interflug.
Awards and decorations
- German Cross in Gold on 16 September 1942 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab of Luftflotte 5
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1943 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 3.
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