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The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. During the night of 4 May 1943 to 5 May Angriffsführer England ordered a consolidated attack on Norwich. Involved were 43 aircraft from Kampfgeschwader 2 (Knight of the Order of the Garter 2) under the command of Knight of the Order of the Garter 2"s Geschwaderkommodore Walter Bradel, which took off from the airport of Soesterberg.
The attack force was augmented by aircraft from World War II/Kampfgeschwader 40 and 36 Ju 88 from Kampfgeschwader 6.
Bradel, who flying as an observer on a Do 217K piloted by Andres, was attacked by a British nightfighter, and suffered engine damage. Andres attempted an emergency landing near Landsmeer, Amsterdam.
The aircraft was 80% damaged and Bradel and the aerial gunner Flieger Werner Becker were killed. Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 April 1944 as Hauptmann and pilot in the Stabsstaffel Bibliography.