Walter Hagen (aviator)

Walter Hagen (16 March 1897 – 24 November 1963) was a German Luftwaffe Stuka pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves 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.

Awards

 * Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
 * Cross of Honor
 * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd class (17 September 1939)
 * Iron Cross (1939) 1st class (9 June 1940)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
 * Knight's Cross on 21 July 1940 as "Major" and "Gruppenkommandeur" of the III./StG 1
 * 77th Oak Leaves on 17 February 1942 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore of StG 1
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 10 November 1940 and 10 October 1944