BECKER, Ludwig (LW-Flieger/NJG 1)
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Becker, Ludwig (LW-Flieger/NJG 1) Date of birth:  August 22nd, 1911 (Dortmund-Aplerbeck, Germany) Date of death:  February 26th, 1943 (north of Schiermonnikoog, Northsea) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Ludwig Becker achieved 44 air victories in 165 operational sorties, amongs whicht were 47 day sorties.       FLUGZEUGFÜHRERABZEICHEN Rank: Gefreiter Awarded on: November 1st, 1935 Details: Nr. 1818/35.         MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 13. MÄRZ 1938 Awarded on: December 16th, 1938         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: July 3rd, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: December 23rd, 1940         FRONTFLUGSPANGE FÜR JÄGER IN SILBER Awarded on: June 1st, 1941         FRONTFLUGSPANGE FÜR JÄGER IN GOLD Awarded on: October 1st, 1941         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: January 21st, 1942         LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Flugzeugführer Awarded on: March 2nd, 1942         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: March 26th, 1942         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: 6. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Awarded on: April 24th, 1942 Details: Award 28/47. Soldbuch gives the date of 4th May 1942.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: June 7th, 1942         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: June 26th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Staffelkapitän 12. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: July 1st, 1942 Details: 501st Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Haputmann (Captain) Unit: Staffelkapitän 12. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: February 26th, 1943 Details: 198th Award.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection 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 - Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3 - Auction 55 Hermann Historica - Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945