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Siegfried Barth
Siegfried Barth (23 January 1916 – 19 December 1997) was a bomber pilot in the German ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II and commander of the fighter-bomber wing Jagdbombergeschwader 32 (JaBoG 32) of the German Air Force. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ((ドイツ語:Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes)). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He also served at the NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) from 1969 to 1972.
==World War II==
Barth was born 23 January 1916 in Augsburg, Bavaria and joined the military service in 1936. He was trained as a pilot before World War II and been a member of Kampfgeschwader 255 "Edelweiß" (KG 255—255th Bomber Wing), which was renamed Kampfgeschwader 51 (KG 51—51st Bomber Wing) on 1 May 1939.〔For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organization〕 When II. ''Gruppe'' (2nd group) was formed on 1 April 1940, Barth joined the 4. ''Staffel'' (4th squadron) holding the rank of ''Leutnant'' (2nd lieutenant). He flew his first combat missions in the Battle of France, attacking airfields and shipping off Dunkirk for which he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 17 July 1940.〔Kaiser 2010, pp. 88, 89.〕
KG 51 was then relocated to airfields at Étampes-Mondésir and later to Paris-Orly in France. In the Battle of Britain he flew numerous day and night missions against British ports and industrial centers at London, Coventry and Portsmouth. Barth was promoted to ''Oberleutnant'' and following Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, flew in the southern sector of the Eastern Front. He attacked airfields, railway stations as well as tank and troop concentrations in the Proskurov, Lvov, Rostov and Taganrog areas. He was wounded in action on 25 June 1941 when his Junkers Ju 88 A-5 (''Werknummer'' 5254—factory number) was hit anti-aircraft fire in the vicinity of Darachow.〔
Barth was appointed ''Gruppenkommandeur'' (Group Commander) on 1 February 1944 of the IV./KG 51, which was based at Hildesheim at the time. Here he was responsible for the tactical training of replacement crews. Initially they flew the Messerschmitt Me 410, then the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and lastly the Messerschmitt Me 262, the first operational jet fighter-bomber. He was promoted to ''Major'' (major) on 1 May 1944. The ''Gruppe'' was renamed to IV./Ergänzungskampfgeschwader 1 (EKG 1—1st Supplemantary Bomber Wing). Barth stayed in this position until 31 March 1945 before being appointed ''Geschwaderkommodore'' (Wing Commander) of KG 51 on 19 April 1945. He led the Geschwader in Upper Bavaria until it was disbanded at the end of the war.〔
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