KUPFER, Ernst
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Kupfer, Ernst Date of birth:  July 2nd, 1907 (Coburg/Bavaria, Germany) Date of death:  November 6th, 1943 (Kilkis, Greece) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Ernst Kupfer died in an aicraft accident on 6th November 1943. He achieved a total of 636 sorties.       RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Staffelkapitän 7. / Stukageschwader 2 „Immelmann“ Awarded on: November 23rd, 1941 Details: 375th Award.         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Major Unit: II. / Stuka-Geschwader 2 Awarded on: October 15th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Major Unit: Kommandeur II. / Stukageschwader 2 „Immelmann“ Awarded on: January 8th, 1943 Details: 173rd Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN Rank: Oberst Unit: Oberst in der Dienststellung des Generals der Schlachtflieger Awarded on: April 11th, 1944 Action: For his services as Kommodore of the Schlachtgeschwader 2 „Immelmann. Details: 62nd Award. Awarde posthumous.         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE         VOENEN ORDEN "ZA HRABROST" IV STEPEN, 1 KLAS         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer 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 - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum