Horst Rudat
Born(1920-05-03)3 May 1920
Wirtkallen (now in Chernyakhovsky District), district Insterburg, East Prussia
Died31 August 1982(1982-08-31) (aged 62)
Laaber, Germany
Allegiance Nazi Germany
 West Germany
Service/branchLuftwaffe
German Air Force
Years of service1945
1956–1980
RankGeneralmajor
UnitKG 55, KG 200
CommandsLTG 63
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Horst Rudat (3 May 1920 − 31 August 1982) was a general in the German Air Force. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany as a bomber pilot.

In the weeks following Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France, Rudat was tasked with the leadership of a task force in 2./Kampfgeschwader 101. The task force was experimenting with the Mistel, a Luftwaffe aircraft bombing system, based broadly on the parasite aircraft concept. Rudat led a formation of 4 Mistel aircraft against the invasion fleet of off Normandy in the night of 24/25 June 1944. HMS Nith, a British River-class frigate, was damaged killing nine of her crew.[1]

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Notes

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  1. ^ According to Kaiser on 27 May 1942.[2]

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Citations

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  1. ^ Ford 2000, pp. 50–51.
  2. ^ a b Kaiser 2011, p. 90.
  3. ^ Patzwall 2008, p. 174.
  4. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 389.
  5. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 643.
  6. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 366.

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Military offices Preceded byOberstleutnant Wilhelm Batz Commander of Lufttransportgeschwader 63 1 February 1964 – March 1971 Succeeded byOberst Dr. Heinz-Ulrich Beuther