Egon Aghta

Egon Aghta
Born (1918-01-29)29 January 1918
Berlin
Died 2 May 1945(1945-05-02) (aged 27)
Berlin
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1939–45
Rank Hauptmann
Unit Sprengkommando I/Luftgau III
Battles/wars

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Egon August Aghta (29 January 1918 – 2 May 1945) was a Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Aghta was a bomb disposal technician and was responsible for defusing unexploded ordnance. He was killed in action during the Battle of Berlin.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Thomas 1997, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 188.
  3. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 98.
  4. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 82.

Bibliography

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  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 
  • Stockert, Peter (2008). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 8 [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 8] (in German). Bad Friedrichshall, Germany: Friedrichshaller Rundblick. OCLC 76072662. 
  • Thamm, August (2005). Egon August Agtha—Feuerwerker und Sprengkommandoführer Berlin 1945 (in German). pro literatur Verlag. ISBN 3-86611-034-0.
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