Ernst Andres, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of Birth: Pfullingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Ernst Andres
- Ernst Andres (19 September 1921 – 11 February 1945) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
- The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. During the night of 4 May 1943 to 5 May Angriffsführer England ordered a consolidated attack on Norwich.
- Involved were 43 aircraft from Kampfgeschwader 2 (KG 2) under the command of KG 2's Geschwaderkommodore Walter Bradel, which took off from the airport of Soesterberg.
- The attack force was augmented by aircraft from II./Kampfgeschwader 40 and 36 Ju 88 from Kampfgeschwader 6.
- Bradel, who flying as an observer on a Do 217K piloted by Andres, was attacked by a British nightfighter, and suffered engine damage.
- Andres attempted an emergency landing near Landsmeer, Amsterdam.
- The aircraft was 80% damaged and Bradel and the aerial gunner Flieger Werner Becker were killed.
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