Horst Rudat | |
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Born | Wirtkallen (now in Chernyakhovsky District), district Insterburg, East Prussia | 3 May 1920
Died | 31 August 1982 Laaber, Germany | (aged 62)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Service/ |
Luftwaffe German Air Force |
Years of service | 1945 1956–1980 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Unit | KG 55, KG 200 |
Commands held | 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]
Horst Rudat | |
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Born | Wirtkallen (now in Chernyakhovsky District), district Insterburg, East Prussia | 3 May 1920
Died | 31 August 1982 Laaber, Germany | (aged 62)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Service/ |
Luftwaffe German Air Force |
Years of service | 1945 1956–1980 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Unit | KG 55, KG 200 |
Commands held | 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]