{{notability|Biographies|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox military person |name = Frank Neubert |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|09|28|df=yes}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|12|13|1915|09|28|df=yes}} |birth_place = Bad Herrenalb, Germany |death_place = Gütersloh, Germany |burial_place = |burial_label = |burial_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> |nickname = |birth_name = |allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}} (to 1945)<br/>{{flag|West Germany}} |branch = Luftwaffe<br/>German Air Force |service_years = 1936 – 1945<br/>1958 – 1972 |rank = Major (Wehrmacht)<br/>Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr) |service_number = |unit = Sturzkampfgeschwader 2<br/>Schlachtgeschwader 1<br/>Schlachtgeschwader 101 |commands = II./SG 1<br/>II./StG 1<br/>II./101 |battles = World War II *Invasion of Poland *Battle of France *Battle of Britain *Invasion of Yugoslavia *Battle of Crete *Operation Barbarossa |battles_label = |awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |relations = |other_work = |signature = }} '''Frank Neubert''' (28 September 1915 – 13 December 2003) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He is believed to have been the first victor in aerial combat in World War II after shooting down Captain Mieczyslaw Medwecki's PZL P.11 in the early hours of 1 September 1939. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. During his career he was credited with participating in 350+ missions.
== Awards and decorations == * Flugzeugführerabzeichen * Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold * Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (14 October 1942) * Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Wound Badge (1939) ** in Black or Silver * German Cross in Gold 5 February 1942 as ''Oberleutnant'' in the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 328.</ref> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 June 1941 as ''Oberleutnant'' and ''Staffelkapitän'' of the 2./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 322.</ref>{{refn|According to Scherzer on 24 June 1941.<ref>Scherzer 2007, p. 565.</ref>|group="Note"}}
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== References ==
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Brütting |first=Georg |year=1992 |orig-year=1976 |edition=7th |title=Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 – 1945 |trans-title=These were the German Stuka Aces 1939 – 1945 |language=German |location=Stuttgart, Germany |publisher=Motorbuch |isbn=978-3-87943-433-6 }} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-year=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 }} * {{Cite book |last=Obermaier |first=Ernst |year=1976 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Volume II Dive Bomber and Attack Aircraft |language=German |location=Mainz, Germany |publisher=Verlag Dieter Hoffmann |isbn=978-3-87341-021-3 }} * {{Cite book |last1=Patzwall |first1=Klaus D. |last2=Scherzer |first2=Veit |year=2001 |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 |language=German |location=Norderstedt, Germany |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8 }} * {{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=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 |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 }} {{refend}}
== External links == *[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/25253 TracesOfWar.com] *[http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.nom.br/ases/neubert.htm Luftwaffe 39-45] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912203709/http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.nom.br/ases/neubert.htm |date=2012-09-12 }}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Hauptmann Paul-Friedrich Darjes |after=Hauptmann Heinz Frank |title= Gruppenkommandeur of II./SchlG 1 |years=March 1942 – September 1942 }} {{succession box |before=Major Alfred Druschel |after=Hauptmann Ernst Ott |title= Gruppenkommandeur of II./StG 1 |years=9 December 1942 – August 1943 }} {{succession box |before=Major Hermann Langemann |after=Unknown |title= Gruppenkommandeur of II./SG 101 |years=11 October 1943 - 22 February 1945 }} {{s-end}}
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