Rolf Pingel
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* 1st October 1913 + 4th April 2000 Units: Condor Legion, JG 53, JG 26 Awards: Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (14.04.1939) Knight's Cross (14.09.1940) Battles: Spanish Civil War Battle of France, Battle of Britain This is NOT a site meant to promote Nazism, the politics of Adolf Hitler, or any other political ideology. It deals with the subject of German military during a particular period of history--nothing else. |
| Major Pingel was a Luftwaffe fighter ace credited with 6 victories during the Spanish war and 22 victories on the Western Front in 550 missions. Since July 1941 he was a prisoner of war. |