Rolf Hermichen

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Rolf-Günther Hermichen
Born (1918-07-25)25 July 1918
Wernigerode
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Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Rank Major
Unit ZG 1, ZG 76, SKG 210, JG 26, JG 11, JG 104
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Other work Manager at Karstadt

Rolf Hermichen (25 July 1918 – 23 May 2014)[1] was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

He was born in Wernigerode in the district of Harz. Hermichen is credited with 64 aerial victories claimed in 629 combat missions, 11 of them while flying the Messerschmitt Bf 110. He shot down 53 enemy aircraft in Defense of the Reich, including 26 four engine strategic bombers.[2]

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  1. http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.nom.br/ases/hermichen.htm
  2. 2.0 2.1 Obermaier 1989, p. 73.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Thomas 1997, p. 273.
  4. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 180.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 385.