Theodor Rossiwall

Theodor Rossiwall

Born	12 October 1915 Vienna
Died	11 July 1979 (1979-07-12) (aged 63) Vienna
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) Austria
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Oberstleutnant
Commands held	II./NJG 4, I./NJG 101, ZG 76
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Theodor Rossiwall (12 October 1915 – 11 July 1979) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Rossiwall claimed 19 aircraft shot down in over 400 missions. Among these 19 aerial victories are 2 victories claimed in the Spanish Civil War. He is one of the two pilots credited with the kill of the Royal Air Force (RAF) top ace Pat Marmaduke Pattle, on 20 April 1941, with Sophus Baagoe.

Awards

Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (28 September 1940)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 August 1941 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 5./ZG 26 "Horst Wessel"^[2]

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 (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 1945] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-065-7.
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 Generalmajor Walter Grabmann	Commander of Zerstörergeschwader 76 August 1943 – 24 January 1944	Succeeded by Oberstleutnant Robert Kowalewski

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Zerstörergeschwader 26

Georg Christl Rudi Dassow Helmut Haugk Joachim-Friedrich Huth Herbert Kaminski Johannes Kiel Eduard Meyer Ralph von Rettberg Theodor Rossiwall Johann Schalk Wilhelm Spies (Oak Leaves) Werner Thierfelder Eduard Tratt¹ (Oak Leaves)

¹ Knight's Cross with Zerstörergeschwader 1

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