Kurt Brändle

Infobox Military Person
name=Kurt Brändle
lived=birth date|1912|1|19|df=y — death date and age|1943|11|3|1912|1|19|df=y
placeofbirth=Ludwigsburg
placeofdeath=west of Amsterdam


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1937-1943
rank=Major
branch= Luftwaffe
commands= II./JG 3
unit=JG 53, JG 3
battles=World War II
awards="Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves"
laterwork=

Kurt Brändle (born 19 January 1912 in Ludwigsburg, Württemberg - Killed in action 3 November 1943 west of Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak LeavesFellgiebel] during World War II.

Brändle was officially credited with shooting down 180 enemy aircraft in more than 700 combat missions, the majority were claimed on the Eastern front.

Awards

* German Cross in Gold (25 February 1942)
* Iron Cross 2. and 1. class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (1 July 1942)
** 114. Oak Leaves (27 August 1942)

References

*cite web | title=Lexikon der Wehrmacht|work=Kurt Brändle|url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/B/BraendleK.htm|accessdate=16 October|accessyear=2007
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.