Oskar Dinort

Oskar Dinort (born June 23, 1901 in Berlin-Charlottenburg , † May 27, 1965 in Cologne ) was a German Air Force officer , " Stuka " pilot in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross .

Early career

At the age of 18, Dinort joined the Volunteer Corps of the Guard Cavalry Rifle Division . Here he quickly rose to lieutenant and began flying gliders in his spare time . On October 20, 1929, he even managed to set a world record in triangular soaring. In 1930 he took part in the “ European flight”. He won the Germany flight in 1931 with a single-engine Klemm L 26 .

air force

In 1934 Dinort was transferred to the German Air Sports Association (the predecessor of the Air Force) and promoted to captain , then on March 31, 1935, Ernst Udet was commanded by Ernst Udet as a general staff officer in the Reich Ministry of Aviation in Berlin. Here he played a major role in the testing of the new fighter and dive-bomber aircraft and aerial bombs (see also Dinort staff ). From February 20, 1936 to March 15, 1937 he was in command of the III. Group of Jagdgeschwader 134 (JG 134) "Horst Wessel", in 1937 he was promoted to major and was given command of the I. Group of Sturzkampf-Geschwader 165, one of the very first Stuka squadrons.

Second World War

On the morning of September 1, 1939, he led a group of Stuka Squadron 2 in the attack on the small Polish town of Wieluń . 1200 civilians died in this air strike. In a publication that appeared during the Nazi era, he glorified the air raid. In total, Dinort flew 40 enemy missions during the attack on Poland and became the first commander of the Stuka Squadron 2 on October 15, 1939. With this he took part in the French campaign and the Barbarossa company and was subsequently awarded the Knight's Cross on June 20, 1940 Iron Cross and on July 14, 1941 as the first Stukapilot ever to be awarded the Knight's Cross. From February 1942 Dinort took over tasks as a consultant for bomber tactics in the staff of General Field Marshal Erhard Milch and in 1944 finally became commander of the 3rd Aviation School Division. On April 1, 1945 he was promoted to major general. From June 23, 1945 to June 16, 1947 he was a prisoner of war.

After the war

In Dortmund he set up a company to research flapping wing aircraft .

Awards

Wehrmacht service award IV. To II. Class
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd class on September 20, 1939
Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class on May 11, 1940
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on June 20, 1940
- Eichenlaub on July 14, 1941 (21st award)
Bulgarian Military Order for Valor III. Class, 1st level
Front flight clasp for combat and dive combat formations in gold

literature

Ernst Obermaier: The Luftwaffe Knight's Cross Carriers 1939–1945 Volume II Stuka and Attack Airmen , ISBN 3-87341-021-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1931/1931%20-%200886.PDF
↑ Target destroyed in Zeit online from September 1, 2009, accessed on July 8, 2011.
↑ 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. 274.

personal data
SURNAME	Dinort, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Air Force officer in World War II and holder of the Knight's Cross
DATE OF BIRTH	June 23, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin-Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 1965
Place of death	Cologne

[1] ttp://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1931/1931%20-%200886.PDF

[2] Target destroyed in Zeit online from September 1, 2009, accessed on July 8, 2011.

[3] 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. 274.