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Rolf Kaldrack (25 June 1913 – 3 February 1942) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.〔Spick 1996, pp. 3–4.〕 Kaldrack is credited with at least 24 aerial victories, 3 of which claimed during the Spanish Civil War flying with ''Aufklärungsgruppe 88'' of the Condor Legion.〔Obermaier 1989, p. 48.〕 Rolf Kaldrack and his aerial gunner ''Unteroffizier'' Enke were killed in action on 3 February 1942 south of Toropets. Kaldrack flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-1 "S9+IC" (''Werksnummer'' 4057 — factory number), collided with a Mig-1 he had just shot down. Posthumously he received the 70th Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.〔 == Awards == * Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords * Iron Cross (1939) * * 2nd Class (19 December 1939)〔Thomas 1997, p. 344.〕 * * 1st Class (9 June 1940)〔 * German Cross in Gold on 5 February 1942 (posthumously) as ''Hauptmann'' in the II./SKG 210〔Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 217.〕 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves * * Knight's Cross on 2 November 1940 as ''Hauptmann'' and ''Gruppenkommandeur'' of III./ZG 76〔Scherzer 2007, p. 429.〕 * * 70th Oak Leaves on 9 February 1942 (posthumously) as ''Hauptmann'' and ''Gruppenkommandeur'' of II./SKG 210〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rolf Kaldrack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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