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Oskar "Ossi" Romm Nickname "Ossi" Born 18 December 1919
HaindorfDied 1 May 1993 (aged 73)
GermanyAllegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service/branch Luftwaffe Years of service 1939–1945 Rank Oberleutnant Unit JG 51
JG 3Commands held IV./JG 3 Battles/wars Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Oskar "Ossi" Romm (18 December 1919 – 1 May 1993) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. During his career was credited with 92 aerial victories, 82 on the Eastern Front and 10 on the Western Front.
Awards
- Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (2 October 1943)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold (17 October 1943)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Knight's Cross on 29 February 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Flugzeugführer in the 1. / Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" [2]
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939–1945 (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-065-6.
- Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
- 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Spick, Mike (1996). Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. New York: Ivy Books. ISBN 0-8041-1696-2.
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Military offices Preceded by
Major Erwin BacsilaCommander of IV. Jagdgeschwader 3
17 February 1945 – 25 April 1945Succeeded by
Hauptmann Gerhard KoallKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 51Heinrich Bär (Oak Leaves & Swords) • Friedrich Beckh • Franz-Josef Beerenbrock (Oak Leaves) • Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding • Adolf Borchers • Joachim Brendel (Oak Leaves) • Kurt Dombacher • Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber • Erwin Fleig • Josef Fözö • Herbert Friebel • Otto Gaiser • Bernd Gallowitsch • Hartmann Grasser (Oak Leaves) • Anton Hafner (Oak Leaves) • Heinrich Höfemeier • Heinrich Hoffmann (Oak Leaves) • Erich Hohagen • Wilhelm Hübner • Herbert Huppertz1 (Oak Leaves) • Josef Jennewein • Hermann-Friedrich Joppien (Oak Leaves) • Günther Josten (Oak Leaves) • Peter Kalden • Heinrich Klöpper • Kurt Knappe • Hans Kolbow • Heinrich Krafft • Heinz Lange • Heinz Leber • Richard Leppla • Anton Lindner • Fritz Losigkeit • Max-Hermann Lücke • Fritz Lüddecke • Heinz Marquardt • Maximilian Mayerl • Wilhelm Mink • Werner Mölders2 (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) • Joachim Müncheberg3 (Oak Leaves & Swords) • Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (Oak Leaves) • Walter Oesau4 (Oak Leaves & Swords) • Josef Priller5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) • Herbert Puschmann • Karl Rammelt • Alfred Rauch • Oskar Romm • Günther Rübell • Günther Schack (Oak Leaves) • Karl-Heinz Schnell • Helmut Schönfelder • Otto Schultz • Georg Seelmann • Hermann Staiger • Hubert Straßl • Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) • Otto Tange • Kurt Tanzer • Edwin Thiel • Horst Tietzen • Bernhard Vechtel • Edmund Wagner • Rudolf Wagner • Karl-Heinz Weber (Oak Leaves) • Ernst Weismann • Walther Wever • Otto Würfel
1 Oak Leaves with JG 2. 2 Knight's Cross with JG 53. 3 Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with JG 26. 4 Oak Leaves and Swords with JG 3. 5 Oak Leaves and Swords with JG 26.Categories:- 1919 births
- 1993 deaths
- Luftwaffe pilots
- German World War II flying aces
- Recipients of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross
- German military personnel of World War II
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