PIFFER, Rudolf-Anton
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Piffer, Rudolf-Anton Date of birth:  May 16th, 1918 (Zirl/Tyrol, Austria) Date of death:  June 17th, 1944 (Falaise/Calvados/Normandy, France) Nationality:  Austrian       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Rank: Unteroffizier (Junior Sergeant) Unit: 11./IV./Jagdgeschwader 1 Details: Awarded in September 1942. Exact date unknown.         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Unit: 2./I./Jagdgeschwader 1 Details: Awarded in July 1943. Exact date unknown.         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Feldwebel (Sergeant) Unit: 2./I./Jagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: March 29th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant) Unit: 2./I./Jagdgeschwader 1 "Oesau" Awarded on: October 20th, 1944 Details: Posthumously awarded and promoted to the rank of Leutnant (Pilot Officer).         FRONTFLUGSPANGE FÜR JÄGER IN SILBER         LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003 - Berger, F., Ritterkreuzträger aus Österreich und den k.u.k. Kronländern, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2006 - das-Ritterkreuz.de