Werner Roell

Werner Roell
Born	8 February 1914 Ailly-sur-Noye, France
Died	10 May 2008(2008-05-10) (aged 94) Salenstein, Switzerland
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe (1937–45)
Years of service	1934–45
Rank	Major (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Unit	StG 77 SG 77 JV 44
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Werner Roell (8 February 1914 – 10 May 2008) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class
German Cross in Gold (24 November 1941)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 May 1943 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the Stabsstaffel/Sturzkampfgeschwader 77^[1]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Volume II Dive Bomber and Attack Aircraft] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-021-3.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Hauptmann Helmut Bruck	Commander of I./StG 77 20 February 1943 - 18 October 1943	Succeeded by Unit renamed Schlachtgeschwader 77
Preceded by Previously Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	Commander of I./SG 77 18 October 1943 - 1 December 1943	Succeeded by Major Karl Henze

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 and Schlachtgeschwader 77

Helmut Bruck (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Karl Freiherr von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels Herbert Dawedeit Alexander Gläser¹ (Oak Leaves) Theodor Haker Karl Henze¹ (Oak Leaves) Günter Hitz Georg Jakob¹ (Oak Leaves) Georg Jauernik Horst Kaubisch² (Oak Leaves) Franz Kieslich¹ (Oak Leaves) Theodor Langhart Paul Langkopf Helmut Leicht³ (Oak Leaves) Günter Ludigkeit Hans Luhr Fritz Neumüller Alfons Orthofer Waldemar Plewig Kurt Rick Werner Roell Clemens Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid Günter Schwartzkopff Karl Henze¹ (Oak Leaves)

¹ Knight's Cross with StG 77, Oak Leaves with SG 77. ² Oak Leaves with SG 1. ³ Oak Leaves with SG 10.

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