JABS, Hans-Joachim
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Jabs, Hans-Joachim Date of birth:  November 14th, 1917 (Lübeck/Oldenburg, Germany) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Hans-Joachim Jabs achieved 50 victories in 510 operational sorties. He finally reached the rank of Oberstleutnant.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: May 15th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: May 28th, 1940         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Flugzeugführer-Staffeloffizier 6. / II. / Zerstörergeschwader 76 Awarded on: October 1st, 1940 Details: 128th Award.         LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Staffelkapitän Awarded on: March 23rd, 1943 Details: Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on 29th March 1943.         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: 11. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: August 31st, 1943 Details: Award 2/240.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur IV. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: March 24th, 1944 Details: 430th Award.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X