- Alfred Grislawski
Infobox Military Person
name=Alfred Grislawski
lived=2 November 1919 -19 September 2003
placeofbirth=Wanne-Eickel
placeofdeath=
caption=Alfred Grislawski
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
serviceyears=
rank=Hauptmann
branch=Luftwaffe
commands=1./JG 1, 11./JG 53 , III./JG 1
unit=JG 52 ,Jagdgruppe 50 ,JG 53 , JG 1
battles=World War II
awards="Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves"
laterwork=Alfred Grislawski (
2 November 1919 –19 September 2003 ) was a German former "Luftwaffe "fighter ace and recipient of theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak LeavesFellgiebel] duringWorld War II .He was born in
Wanne-Eickel on 2 November 1919 .Grislawski was officially credited with shooting down 132 enemy aircraft, including 18
USAAF four-engined bombers in more than 800 combat missions. The majority of his kills were claimed on the Eastern front. Grislaski was one of the four pilots in the famedKaraya Quartet .While stationed with "Jagdgruppe" 50, a fighter group of
Messerschmitt Bf 109 s at what is nowWiesbaden Army Airfield , he intercepted American bombers taking part in the ill-fated Regensburg Strike targeting the Messerschmitt factory inRegensburg and the ball bearing plants inSchweinfurt on 17 August 1943 . [Sky Battles, Sky Warriors, by Alfred Price, ISBN 1-85409-355-5]Awards
*
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (30 May 1942)
*Iron Cross 2. and 1. class
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (1 July 1942)
** 446. Oak Leaves (11 April 1944)References
*cite web | title=Aces of the Luftwaffe|work=Alfred Grislawski|url=http://www.luftwaffe.cz/grislawski.html|accessdate=16 October|accessyear=2007
*cite web | title=Lexikon der Wehrmacht|work=Alfred Grislawski|url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/G/GrislawskiA.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.
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