Horst Rudat
Horst Rudat
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Born | Wirtkallen, district Insterburg, East Prussia |
3 May 1920
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Laaber, Germany |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
Service/ |
Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr) |
Years of service | –1945, 1956–1980 |
Rank | Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) |
Unit | KG 55, KG 200 |
Commands held | II./KG 200 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Horst Rudat (born 3 May 1920 in Wirtkallen, district Insterburg, East Prussia; died 31 August 1982 in Laaber/Waldelzerberg) was a German World War II Luftwaffe bomber pilot. After the war he joined the Bundeswehr and attained the rank of Generalmajor.
In the weeks following Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France, Hauptmann Rudat was tasked with the leadership of a task force in 2./Kampfgeschwader 101. The task force was experimenting with the Mistel, a Luftwaffe aircraft bombing system, based broadly on the parasite aircraft concept. Rudat led a formation of 4 Mistel aircraft against the invasion fleet of off Normandy in the night of 24/25 June 1944. The HMS Nith, a British "River Class" frigate, was damaged killing nine of her crew.[1]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (27 May 1942)[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 27 July 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 3./KG 55[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 March 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 2./KG 55[4][5]
References
Citations
Bibliography
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- Ford, Roger (2000). Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II. Zenith Imprint. ISBN 0-7603-0847-0.
- Forsyth, Robert (2001). Mistel - German Composite Aircraft and Operations 1942-1945. Classic Publications Limited. ISBN 1-903223-09-1.
- Kaiser, Jochen (2011). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger—Band 2 (in German and English). Bad Zwischenahn, Germany: Luftfahrtverlag-Start. ISBN 978-3-941437-09-8.
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Preceded by
Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Batz
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Commander of Lufttransportgeschwader 63 1 February 1964 – March 1971 |
Succeeded by Oberst Dr. Heinz-Ulrich Beuther |
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- 1920 births
- 1982 deaths
- People from East Prussia
- Luftwaffe pilots
- German World War II pilots
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Bundeswehr generals
- German Air Force personnel
- German Air Force personnel stubs
- German World War II stubs