Honored military pilot of the German Democratic Republic

Honored military aviator of the GDR
Medal on ribbon (obverse)
Founder:	Council of Ministers of the GDR
Foundation year:	1974
Carrying method:	left breast side

The honorary title of Honored Military Aviator of the German Democratic Republic was a state award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was awarded in the form of a medal on a ribbon with an associated interim clasp. The title was donated on August 1, 1974. It could be awarded for outstanding and special services in aviation activities, with excellent results in political and military training as well as for extraordinary services in increasing the combat readiness of the National People's Army . It was explicitly limited to pilots of the three branches of the NVA. Pilot performance class 1 and no self-inflicted flight accident were mandatory requirements for a possible award. The number of awards was limited to ten honorary degrees per year.

Appearance

The obverse of the gold-plated medal has the shape of a pentagon standing on top with a width of 31.5 mm and a height of 41.5 mm. At the lower tip is the national emblem of the NVA aircraft on a flag of the GDR that is turned 90 ° to the left and is enamelled in color. Most of the badge is taken up by a MiG-23 or MiG-21 , which soars steeply into the sky in front of a bright rising sun. To the left of the plane is a branch of laurel and to the right the slanted words VERDIENTER MILITÄRFLIEGER. The lapel, on the other hand, is blank and smooth.

Different variants were produced:

• 1974–1976: Medal made of non-ferrous metal, gold-colored, lacquered, dimensions with arched eyelet 40.5 × 30 mm, smooth back. Medal on a small medal clip 14 × 25 mm
• 1976–1989: Medal made of non-ferrous metal, gold-colored, lacquered, medal with round eyelet, on pentagonal clasp with interim clasp 14 × 25 mm, smooth back, also brass-plated, with patterned back

Carrying method

The badge was worn from 1976 on the upper left side of the chest on a pentagonal light blue covered clasp, which had a size of 25 × 14 mm. The interim clasp was of the same quality and also showed the gold-plated sovereign badge of the NVA aircraft with the state coat of arms of the GDR as a miniature.

Winner of this award

The following people received this honorary title and were the recipients of the award.

from 1974 to 1981 year Rank Name first Name Service position 1974 Colonel Baarß, Klaus-Jürgen Deputy / Ltr. Training JFK d. LV, Kdo. LSK / LV Colonel Spitzberg, K-Heinz Commander JG-2 Lieutenant colonel Adler, Gottfried Deputy K / HG-34 Lieutenant colonel Hamilton, Richard Commander 2nd JAS / FAG-25 Lieutenant colonel Otto, Hans-Peter Commander JG-3 Lieutenant colonel Wingelsdorf, Horst Head of Air Tactics / Air Shooting JG-1 Lieutenant colonel Wolf, Eberhard Deputy K-JS / JG-8 major Grünberg, Horst Deputy K-JS / JG-9 1975 Colonel Büttner, Wolfgang Deputy K / 3rd LVD Colonel Track, Wolfgang Commander HG-34 Lieutenant colonel Berger, Rolf AL training JFK / JBFK Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Maxwitat, Karl-Heinz Flight instructor / FAG-15 Lieutenant colonel Oswald, Gerhard Commander ZDS-33 Lieutenant colonel Schikor, Walter Chain Commander / TS-24 Lieutenant colonel Part, Otto Flight inspector / TG-44 1976 Lieutenant General Reinhold, Wolfgang Deputy Minister and Head of LSK / LV Colonel Deisenroth, Karl-Heinz Deputy K / 1st LVD Colonel Dittrich, Georg Deputy K / OHS of the LSK / LV Colonel Menges, Kurt Commander FAG-25 Colonel Ullmann, Roland Main helmsman Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Farmer, Reiner Commander JBS / JG-7 Lieutenant colonel Bohla, Wolfgang Helmsman JG-7 Lieutenant colonel Schäbitz, Herbert Deputy K-JS / JG-2 1977 Major general Baustian, Gerhard Deputy Head of LSK / LV for LSK Lieutenant colonel Heichler, Reinhard Flight inspector Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Jähn, Sigmund Aspiring cosmonaut Lieutenant colonel Köllner, Eberhard Aspiring cosmonaut Lieutenant colonel Kulitscher, Dieter Commander FAG-15 Colonel Oldenburg, Alfred Commander HS-16 Lieutenant colonel Schönherr, Peter Head of Air Tactics / Air Shooting JG-2 Lieutenant colonel Seifert, Manfred Flight inspector / JG-7 Lieutenant colonel Wiedemann, Frank Commander JS / JG-3 1978 Lieutenant colonel Anschütz, Bernd Commander JS / JG-1 Lieutenant colonel Bauer, Horst Head of Air Tactics / Air Shooting 1. LVD Lieutenant colonel Becker, Horst Flight instructor FAG-25 Lieutenant colonel Irmscher, Peter Head of Training JFK / 3.LVD Lieutenant colonel Lüttkopf, Peter Deputy K / HG-34 Lieutenant colonel Meyfarth, Rudolf Commander TS / TG-44 Lieutenant colonel Pastor, Siegmar Deputy JS / JG-3 Lieutenant colonel Pippig, Manfred Commander FAG-15 Lieutenant colonel Zimmermann, Klaus Commander JG-9 1979 Sea captain Leithold, Günter Commander MHG-18 Lieutenant colonel Häusler, Horst Deputy K / FAG-15 Lieutenant colonel Cress, Hasso Flight inspector Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Long, Kurt Deputy K-JS / FAG-25 Lieutenant colonel Lorenz, Siegfried Helmsman JS / JG-8 Lieutenant colonel Minkewitz, Peter Deputy K-JS / JG-1 Lieutenant colonel Pätz, Wolfgang Deputy K / JG-9 Lieutenant colonel Priese, Horst Commander JG-2 Lieutenant colonel Wise, Siegfried Deputy K / JBG-31 Lieutenant colonel Wolf, Gerald Commander HS / HG-34 1980 Colonel Fiß, Gerhard Deputy K / OHS of the LSK / LV Colonel Golbs, Eberhard Main helmsman Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Berthold, Roland Commander TS-24 Lieutenant colonel Heise, Claus Flight inspector 3rd LVD Lieutenant colonel Junghans, Gunter Commander JG-7 Lieutenant colonel Petermann, Werner Helmsman JS / JG-2 Lieutenant colonel Unger, Jürgen Commander JBS / JBG-31 Lieutenant colonel White, Manfred Flight inspector HG-34 1981 Colonel Bienek, Klaus Commander FAG-25 Frigate captain Arndt, Manfred Deputy K-HS / MFG-18 Lieutenant colonel Driesel, Klaus Head of Air Shooting / Air Tactics JG-9 Lieutenant colonel Heinz, Günter LUA TFK Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Jandik, Karl-Heinz Flight inspector HG-54 Lieutenant colonel Moss, Heinz Chain Commander HS-16 Lieutenant colonel Noak, Peter Deputy K-JS / JG-8 Lieutenant colonel Tetzel, Joachim Flight inspector TS-24 Lieutenant colonel Wehner, Wolfgang Flight inspector JG-3

from 1982 to 1989 year Rank Name first Name Service position 1982 Colonel Thonke, Wolfgang Head of JFK / Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Bag, Gustav Commander JS / JG-7 Lieutenant colonel Biermann, Bernd Head of Air Shooting / Air Tactics HG- Lieutenant colonel Brucke, Joachim Chain Commander JG-8 Lieutenant colonel Günther, Karl-Heinz Deputy K-JS / JG-9 Lieutenant colonel Jakob, Rainer Deputy K / TG-44 Lieutenant colonel Müller, Rolf Head of Air Shooting / Air Tactics AS-31 Lieutenant colonel Petzold, Dieter Deputy K / JG-2 Lieutenant colonel Shepherd, Heinz Deputy K / FAG-25 1983 Colonel Kleemann, Dieter Head of FrFK / Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Fischer, Bernd Deputy K-THS / THG-34 Lieutenant colonel Haufe, Christian Head helmsman 1st LVD Lieutenant colonel Koehler, Peter Deputy K-JS / JG-9 Lieutenant colonel Neufeld, Hans Deputy K-JS / JG-7 Lieutenant colonel Ripl, Claus Commander TAS-45 Lieutenant colonel Schammer, Ulrich Flight inspector FOFAFK Lieutenant colonel Seidel, Wolfgang Flight inspector 3rd LVD Frigate captain Wives, Lutz Deputy flight training MHG-18 Lieutenant colonel Worm, Wolfgang Deputy K-JAS / FAG-15 1984 Colonel Dieckmann, Jürgen Commander JG-8 Colonel Jenichen, Manfred Commander JBG-37 Colonel Paul, Dieter Deputy Commander 3rd LVD Colonel Judge, henry Head of Department HS Education Lieutenant colonel Franz, Lothar Helmsman JS / JG-8 Lieutenant colonel Resin mug, Gunter Commander JG-2 Lieutenant colonel Klocke, Bernd L. Air Shooting / Air Tactics Lieutenant colonel Kubitz, Hans Deputy K-TS / TG-44 Lieutenant colonel Skeris, Manfred L. Training JFK 1.LVD Lieutenant colonel Worm, Werner Flight inspector FAG-15 1985 Colonel Gleitsmann, Karl-Heinz AL training JFK / Kdo. LSK / LV Colonel Langener, Rainer Commander JAG-15 Lieutenant colonel Fischer, Albrecht Commander TS / TG-44 Lieutenant colonel Kurzhals, Rainer Head helmsman 3rd LVD Lieutenant colonel Pilz, Bernd Deputy K / THG-34 Lieutenant colonel Rösler, Werner Head of AG FrFK / Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Stammberger, Heinz Chain commander JG-3 Lieutenant colonel Reichel, Siegfried Chain Commander TS-24 major Roloff, Christian 1. Pilot TS-24 major Stübing, Hermann 1. Pilot TS-24 1986 Lieutenant colonel Bag, Reinhard Helmsman JS / JG-2 Lieutenant colonel Fritsch, Peter Deputy K / JG-1 Lieutenant colonel Gyurkewitsch, Gerd Deputy K / FOFAFK Lieutenant colonel Hoffmann, Joachim Commander JBG-37 Lieutenant colonel Blunder, Rudolf Flight inspector Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Rehfeld, Siegfried Deputy K / JG-7 Lieutenant colonel Strasbourg, Rainer Flight inspector 1.LVD Frigate captain Thate, Heinz Commander HS / MHG-18 Lieutenant colonel Walter, K-Heinz Commander JS / JG-9 1987 Colonel Pampel, Frank Commander JG-7 Colonel Reuschel, Gerhard Commander JG-3 Lieutenant colonel Bornschein, Eberhard Flight inspector 1.LVD Lieutenant colonel Böttger, Hermann Deputy K-JS / JG-9 Lieutenant colonel Manigk, Manfred Chain commander JBG-77 Lieutenant colonel Seidel, Günter Deputy K-JS / JG-3 Frigate captain Zeschmann, Klaus Commander HS / MHG-18 1988 Colonel Kernchen, Wilfried Commander JG-1 Colonel Wukasch, Ralf Commander JG-9 Lieutenant colonel Andreas, Peter Flight inspector OHS for military aviators Lieutenant colonel Dalsch, Gerhard AL JFK / 1. LVD Lieutenant colonel Härtel, Lothar UAL Aviation Safety Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Useful man, Erwin Commander JS / JG-3 Lieutenant colonel Tröger, Udo Chain commander JG-7 Lieutenant colonel Wöge, Hans-Peter Flight inspector THG-34 1989 Colonel Weber, Rudolf Main helmsman Kdo. LSK / LV Lieutenant colonel Exner, Peter Head of Training JFK 3. LVD Lieutenant colonel Kernchen, Michael Commander JG-8 Lieutenant colonel Crooked hair, Klaus Commander TAFS-47 Lieutenant colonel Ressel, Rudolf Deputy K / TG-44 Lieutenant colonel Roske, Jürgen Commander MFG-28

See also

• List of state and non-state awards of the GDR
• Honored military aviator of the USSR
• Honored military aviator of the Russian Federation

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frank Bartel: Awards of the German Democratic Republic from the beginning to the present. Recordings by Jürgen Karpinski. Military Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic , Berlin 1979, p. 134.
2. ↑ Reference proof award holder: LSK / LV - GL a. DK-J. Baarß, Army Air Force - GM a. DW Büttner, Naval Aviation Forces - KzS a. DG Leithold and border troops - Colonel a. DA Oldenburg
3. ↑ "Fliegergeschichten - From take-off to landing", facts and experiences - written down by members of the NVA aviation forces, Strausberg 2013, original edition (p. 58): ISBN 978-3-9814822-3-2 , Strausberg, Berlin, 2013.