Egon Aghta
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Egon Aghta
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Born | (1918-01-29)29 January 1918 Berlin |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Berlin |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
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Heer |
Years of service | 1939–45 |
Rank | Hauptmann |
Unit | Sprengkommando I/Luftgau III |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Egon August Aghta (29 January 1918 – 2 May 1945) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Egon Aghta was a bomb disposal technician and was responsible for defusing unexploded ordnance. He was killed by Soviet troops during the Battle of Berlin.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Gold
- German Cross in Gold (19 January 1945)[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 3 February 1945 as Oberleutnant and Sprengmeister Sprengkommando der Luftwaffe I/Luftgau III Berlin[3]
- 778th Oak Leaves on 12 March 1945 as Oberleutnant and Sprengmeister Führer Sprengkommandos I/Luftgau III Berlin[4]
References
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- Thamm, August (2005). Egon August Agtha—Feuerwerker und Sprengkommandoführer Berlin 1945 (in German). pro literatur Verlag. ISBN 3-86611-034-0.
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External links
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as bomb disposal technicians (Feuerwerker)
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