SCHNELL, Siegfried
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Schnell, Siegfried Date of birth:  January 23rd, 1916 (Zielenzig/Brandenburg, Germany) Date of death:  February 25th, 1944 (south of Narva, Estonia) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Was killed in action on 25th February 1944 as Kommandeur IV. / Jagdgeschwader 54 with the rank of Hauptmann. Was posthumously promoted to Major.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: June 10th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: September 14th, 1940         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves) Unit: Flugzeugführer 4. / II. / Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" Awarded on: November 9th, 1940 Details: 158th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: July 9th, 1941         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves) Unit: Flugzeugführer 9. / Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" Awarded on: July 9th, 1941 Details: 18th Award.         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant Unit: 9. / Jagdgeschwader 2 Awarded on: July 16th, 1942 Details: Award 3/77         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - 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 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001 - Katalog 32.Auktion, Auktionshaus Andreas Thies, 3 mai 2007