1. Rudolf Resch was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, a fighter ace listed with 94 enemy aircraft shot down.
17 Facts About Rudolf Resch
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Rudolf Resch was credited with one aerial during the Spanish Civil War and further 93 on the Eastern Front of World War II.
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Rudolf Resch claimed his first aerial victory of World War II on 22 June 1941, the day German forces launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
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On 6 September 1942, Rudolf Resch was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross after 58 aerial victories claimed in World War II.
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Rudolf Resch was killed in action on 11 July 1943, when he was shot down near Oryol during the Battle of Kursk.
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Rudolf Resch was born on 7 April 1914 in Kamenz, at the time in the Kingdom of Saxony, part of the German Empire.
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Rudolf Resch's father was a professor of Slavic studies at the Dresden University of Technology.
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On 6 October 1940, Rudolf Resch was transferred and made Staffelkapitan of 6.
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Rudolf Resch replaced Oberleutnant Werner Lederer in this function who was transferred.
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That day, Rudolf Resch claimed his first aerial victory of World War II.
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Rudolf Resch was credited with shooting down a Tupolev SB-2 bomber in the afternoon.
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Rudolf Resch was awarded the Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 20 December 1941.
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The next day, Rudolf Resch was credited with shooting down a Polikarpov I-153 fighter.
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Rudolf Resch claimed the destruction of an Il-2 ground attack aircraft that day.
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Rudolf Resch was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 September 1942 for 50 aerial victories claimed.
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On this mission, Rudolf Resch claimed two LaGG-3 fighters shot down north of Kursk.
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On two separate missions, Rudolf Resch shot down a LaGG-3 fighter in the morning and a La-5 fighter later that evening.