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词条 Gerhard Loos
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  1. Awards

  2. References

     Citations  Bibliography 
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|name=Gerhard Loos
|birth_date=21 August 1916
|death_date={{death-date and age|df=yes|6 March 1944|21 August 1916}}
|image=
|birth_place=Kommern district of Brüx, Sudetenland
|death_place=near Oldenburg
|placeofburial=
|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch={{Luftwaffe}}
|serviceyears=
|rank=Oberleutnant
|commands=8./JG 54
|unit=
|battles= World War II
  • Eastern Front
  • Defense of the Reich{{KIA}}

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
|laterwork=}}Gerhard Loos (21 August 1916 – 6 March 1944) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Loos is credited with 92 aerial victories, 14 of which claimed in Defense of the Reich.[1]

On 6 March 1944 Loos flying a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and was shot down in aerial combat near Rheinsehlen by Lieutenant John Howell of the 357th Fighter Group. Hanging on his parachute he was drifting into a high voltage power line. Releasing the parachute at {{convert|20|m|ft}} he fell to his death.[2]

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 September 1943)[2]
  • German Cross in Gold (17 October 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 February 1944 as Leutnant and Staffelführer of the 8./JG 54[3]

References

Citations

1. ^Weal 2007, p. 67.
2. ^Obermaier 1989, p. 160.
3. ^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 295.

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Obermaier
|first=Ernst
|year=1989
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945
|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 1945
|language=German
|location=Mainz, Germany
|publisher=Verlag Dieter Hoffmann
|isbn=978-3-87341-065-7
}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Scherzer
|first=Veit
|year=2007
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives
|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives
|language=German
|location=Jena, Germany
|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2
}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Weal
|first=John
|year=2007
|title=More Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front
|location=Oxford, UK
|publisher=Osprey Publishing
|isbn=978-1-84603-177-9
}}{{Refend}}{{Subject bar
| portal1=Aviation
| portal2=Biography
| portal3=Military of Germany
| portal4=World War II
}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Loos, Gerhard}}{{germany-airforce-bio-stub}}

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