Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 9 September 1942, Alfred Franke was killed north of Stalingrad after dog-fighting with a Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik flown by Kapitan Pavel South. Vinogradov (694 International Association of Prosecutors, 228 ShAD). He was posthumously awarded the Knight"s Cross on 29 October 1942 and was also promoted to Leutnant.
During his career he was credited with 60 aerial victories.
4 on the Western Front and 56 on the Eastern Front. Bibliography.