Günther Seeger

Günther Seeger
Nickname(s)	Hupatz
Born	(1918-09-09)9 September 1918 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Died	6 September 2013(2013-09-06) (aged 94)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany West Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1937–45 1956–74
Rank	Oberleutnant (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Unit	JG 2, JG 53
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Günther "Hupatz" Seeger (9 September 1918 – 6 September 2013)^[1] was a German pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Weal, John (1996). Bf109D/E Aces 1939-41 Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85532-487-3.
Weal, John (2001). Aviation Elite Units #1: Jagdgeschwader 2 'Richthofen’ Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-046-3
Weal, John (2007). Aviation Elite Units #25: Jagdgeschwader 53 Pik-As’ Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84603-204-2

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 53

Franz Barten Helmut Belser Heinz Bretnütz Wilhelm Crinius (Oak Leaves) Fritz Dinger Rudolf Ehrenberger Alfred Franke Franz Götz Heinz Golinski Jürgen Harder¹ (Oak Leaves) Eduard Isken Helmut Lipfert² (Oak Leaves) Stefan Litjens Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (Oak Leaves) Hans-Karl Mayer Julius Meimberg Gerhard Michalski³ (Oak Leaves) Werner Mölders⁴ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Friedrich-Karl Müller (Oak Leaves) Hermann Neuhoff Hans Roehrig Herbert Rollwage (Oak Leaves) Franz Schieß Erich Schmidt Herbert Schramm⁵ (Oak Leaves) Günther Seeger Werner Stumpf Wolfgang Tonne (Oak Leaves) Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke⁶ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Walter Zellot

¹Oak Leaves with JG 11. ²Knight's Cross with JG 52. ³Oak Leaves with JG 4. ⁴Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds with JG 51. ⁵Oak Leaves with JG 27. ⁶Oak Leaves and Swords with JG 3.

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