Kurt Maier (Major)

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Kurt Maier (born January 21, 1911 in Mannheim ; † February 11, 1952 in Heilbronn ) was a German major in the Air Force in World War II and holder of the oak leaves for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (674th award). Maier was killed in a traffic accident in 1952.

Individual evidence

  1. Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 524.