Walter Sigel

Walter Sigel (12 January 1906 – 8 May 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. 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. Walter Sigel died on 8 May 1944 after crashing his Fieseler Storch into the Trondheimfjord.

Awards and decorations

 * Flugzeugführerabzeichen
 * Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (17 September 1939)
 * 1st Class (20 June 1940)
 * German Cross in Gold (24 April 1942)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
 * Knight's Cross on 21 July 1940 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
 * 116th Oak Leaves on 2 September 1942 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore of Schlachtgeschwader 3
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (21 June 1942)