Prince Ernst August of Lippe (German: Prinz Ernst August Bernhard Alexander Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm zur Lippe; 1 April 1917 – 15 June 1990) was a claimant...
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Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (14 July 1918 – 12 March 1944) was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of royal descent during World War II. A flying...
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belonged to the German princely house of Lippe-Biesterfeld and was a nephew of the last sovereign prince of Lippe, Leopold IV. From birth he held the title Count...
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Armin, Prince of Lippe (Armin Leopold Ernst Bruno Heinrich Willa August Fürst zur Lippe; 18 August 1924 – 20 August 2015, also in Detmold) was the fourth...
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Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Prinz Wilhelm Karl August zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 12 December 1834 – 4 April 1906) was son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and...
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Lippe (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Viktor Alexander Prinz zur Lippe; born 7 September 1947) is a claimant to the headship of the House of Lippe....
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Bernhard and Aschwin were created Princess (Prince) of Lippe-Biesterfeld (Prinzessin (Prinz) zur Lippe-Biesterfeld) on 24 February 1916 with the style Serene...
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of Lippe-Biesterfeld (German: Julius Peter Hermann August Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld; 2 April 1812 – 17 May 1884) was Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld...
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Prinz von Preußen 1853–1883: Friedrich Carl Alexander, Prinz von Preußen 1883–1906: Albrecht, Prinz von Preußen 1907–1926: Eitel Friedrich, Prinz von...
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Prinz Friedrich Leopold was the last patron of the Prussian freemasons from the House of Hohenzollern. A member since 1889 in "Friedrich Wilhelm zur Morgenröte"...
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Prince Oskar of Prussia (redirect from Oskar Prinz von Preußen)
II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Prinz Oskar of Prussia was born on 27 July 1888 at his parents' residence in the...
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lives of Luftwaffe night fighter aces Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing...
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Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1851, repr. Leipzig, 1987 (in German). Ernst Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, "Heinrich (Prinz von Preußen)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Volume...
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November 16, 1900 Wachtmeister Otto Grieszing, 1. Schwerin Reiter-Regiment Prinz Karl von Bayern; awarded November 16, 1900 Matthias Kürmeher, 4. Infanterie-Regiments...
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1857 Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry, 1870 Schaumburg-Lippe: Military Merit Medal Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown...
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1939–1945. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-0-9538061-4-0. Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The...
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow (5 May 1908 – 10 September 1990) was a German night fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany. He was recipient of the Knight's...
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the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen fighter protection in the breakout from Brest to Germany. The Channel...
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Leopold "Poldi" Fellerer (7 June 1919 – 16 July 1968) was a Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World...
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World War 2. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-0057-2. Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The...
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leaders (SS-Ehrenführer) and SS-Rank leaders for special duty (SS-Rangführer zur besonderen Verwendung), short for SS Honour – and rank leaders (SS-Ehren-...
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officers were presented with awards that day by Hitler, Hauptmann Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, Hauptmann Heinrich Ehrler, Oberleutnant Joachim Kirschner...
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Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander) on 15 March, succeeding Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz...
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his commanding officer, Gruppenkommandeur Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld to fly the Bf 110. Lippe-Weißenfeld agreed on the condition that he flies...
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Ernst-Georg Drünkler (8 July 1920 – 12 March 1997) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a night fighter ace credited with 47 aerial...
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command of NJG 2 while command of NJG 5 was passed on to Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld. Radusch shot down Halifax LV794 from No. 78 Squadron on...
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Friedrich started his Luftwaffe career as a transport pilot with Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 104 (KGr.z.b.v. 104—Fighting Group for Special Use)...
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Volume 1 A–F. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-18-9. Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The...
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Volume 4 S–Z. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-21-9. Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Band II Stuka- und...
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NJG 6, which was based in Germany, in February 1945, succeeding Hauptmann Leopold Fellerer. On the night of the 15/16 March 1945 Johnen shot down his 34th...
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