Karl Gratz

Infobox Military Person
name=Karl Gratz
born=birth date|1919|1|24|df=y
died=dda|2002|3|14|1919|1|24|df=y
placeofbirth=Wiener Neustadt
placeofdeath=Leck
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=)
serviceyears=–1944, –1970
rank=Leutnant (Wehrmacht}
Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)
unit=JG 52
battles=World War II
*Eastern Front
*Western Front
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork= Karl Gratz was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Gratz flew more than 900 missions, scoring 138 aerial victories, of which 17 were scored on the Western Front. [Spick 1996, p. 229.]

Awards

* Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (8 June 1942)
* German Cross in Gold (26 July 1943)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1 July 1942)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: 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.
* Spick, Mike. "Luftwaffe Fighter Aces". Ivy Books, 1996. ISBN 0-8041-1696-2.