Knights' Cross

Already awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knights' Cross) during September 1940, he had twenty-three victories to his credit.

Müncheberg, already credited with 23 victories before coming to Sicily, wears his recently-awarded Knights' Cross at the throat.

According to a statement by Van der Goes Dirxland, 11 great crosses, 36 commanders' crosses and 59 knights' crosses were handed in and melted down.

Pawlaczyk was given the Officers' Cross of Polonia Restituta, other flight crew members received Knights' Cross of the same order, and the flight attendants received the Golden Cross Of Merit.

The community's arms recalls, with the cross pattée resembling the Teutonic Knights' cross and the black eagle's head as part of the whole, the community's almost 600-year allegiance to the Koblenz House of the Teutonic Knights.

His second in command in 7 Staffel, Klaus Mietusch, was to rise to the rank of Major, gaining the Knights' Cross and a credited 72 victories before he too fell to U.S. fighter pilots in September 1944.