Horst Rudat - Wikiwand

Born3 May 1920
Wirtkallen (now in Chernyakhovsky District), district Insterburg, East Prussia, Germany

Died31 August 1982 (aged 62)
Laaber, West Germany

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Horst Rudat
Born	(1920-05-03)3 May 1920 Wirtkallen (now in Chernyakhovsky District), district Insterburg, East Prussia, Germany
Died	31 August 1982(1982-08-31) (aged 62) Laaber, West Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany West Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe German Air Force
Years of service	1945 1956–1980
Rank	Generalmajor
Unit	KG 55, KG 200
Commands	LTG 63
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Horst Rudat (3 May 1920 − 31 August 1982) was a general in the German Air Force. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany as a bomber pilot.

In the weeks following Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France, Rudat was tasked with the leadership of a task force in 2./Kampfgeschwader 101. The task force was experimenting with the Mistel, a Luftwaffe aircraft bombing system, based broadly on the parasite aircraft concept. Rudat led a formation of 4 Mistel aircraft against the invasion fleet of off Normandy in the night of 24/25 June 1944. HMS Nith, a British River-class frigate, was damaged killing nine of her crew.^[1]

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↑ Ford 2000, pp. 50–51.
1 2 Kaiser 2011, p. 90.
↑ Patzwall 2008, p. 174.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 389.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 643.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 366.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer [in German] (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.
Ford, Roger (2000). Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II. Zenith Imprint. ISBN 978-0-7603-0847-9.
Forsyth, Robert (2001). Mistel - German Composite Aircraft and Operations 1942-1945. Classic Publications Limited. ISBN 1-903223-09-1.
Kaiser, Jochen (2011). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger—Band 2 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Bomber Fliers—Volume 2] (in German and English). Bad Zwischenahn, Germany: Luftfahrtverlag-Start. ISBN 978-3-941437-09-8.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Patzwall, Klaus D. (2008). Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg [The Honor Goblet for Outstanding Achievement in the Air War] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3.
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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Batz	Commander of Lufttransportgeschwader 63 1 February 1964 – March 1971	Succeeded by Oberst Dr. Heinz-Ulrich Beuther

v t e General Aviation Safety in the German Armed Forces
Inspectors of Aviation Safety	Viktor von Lossberg (1958–1960) Wolfgang Späte (1960–1962) Götz Baumann (1962) Hanns Horst Heise (1962–1968) Walter Krupinski (1968–1969) Bruno Loosen (1969–1970)
Generals of Aviation Safety	Bruno Loosen (1970–1974) Horst Rudat (1974) Horst-Dieter Kallerhoff (1975–1976) Horst Jungkurth (1976–1977) Walter Schmitz (1977–1980) Bruno von Mengden (1980–1983) Albert Weber (1983–1987) Hans-Joachim Griese (1987–1991) Hans Heinrich Block (1992–1998) Eckart Wienß (1998–2000) Klaus-Peter Stieglitz (2000–2002) Dirk Merklinghaus (2002–2006) Lothar Schmidt (2006–2012) Hans-Dieter Poth (2012–2013) Peter Klement (2013–2020) Andreas Korb (since 2020)

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