Friedrich Rumpelhardt – Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Friedrich Rumpelhardt. Leutnant Friedrich Rumpelhardt (19.06.1920 † 20.01.2011) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on April 16, 1944 as Feldwebel with 12. Staffel/ Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 and the Ritterkreuz on July 27, 1944 as Leutnant und Bordfunker in IV. Staffel/ Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Good condition. Measuring: 10x15cm.
During his career Rumpelhardt flew in 130 missions as a Bordfunker (radio/radar operator) with two night fighter wings of the Luftwaffe. He participated in 100 aerial victories as a crewman with Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer from October 1942 until the end of the war. Rumpelhardt was the most successful radar operator—in terms of aerial victories claimed—in the Luftwaffe night fighter force. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Friedrich Rumpelhardt. Leutnant Friedrich Rumpelhardt (19.06.1920 † 20.01.2011) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on April 16, 1944 as Feldwebel with 12. Staffel/ Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 and the Ritterkreuz on July 27, 1944 as Leutnant und Bordfunker in IV. Staffel/ Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Good condition. Measuring: 10x15cm.
During his career Rumpelhardt flew in 130 missions as a Bordfunker (radio/radar operator) with two night fighter wings of the Luftwaffe. He participated in 100 aerial victories as a crewman with Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer from October 1942 until the end of the war. Rumpelhardt was the most successful radar operator—in terms of aerial victories claimed—in the Luftwaffe night fighter force. (Source: Wikipedia)