__NOTOC__ Wilhelm “Willi" Fey (25 September 1918 – 29 April 2002) was a WWII German panzer ace. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he served in the armoured troops of the

Waffen-SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...

, destroying many enemy armored vehicles. In the Normandy battles during the summer of 1944 he was credited with the destruction of 69 allied tanks. Fey also served in the

Battle Of The Bulge The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive (military), offensive military campaign, campaign on the Western Front (World War II), Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted fr ...

and on the Eastern Front. Following the war, Fey served in the

Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

. He wrote an account of his combat experiences titled (English edition) Armor Battles Of The Waffen SS: 1943-45.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

on 29 April 1945 as SS-''

Oberscharführer __NOTOC__ ''Oberscharführer'' (, ) was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that existed between 1932 and 1945. ''Oberscharführer'' was first used as a rank of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and was created due to an expansion of the enlisted positions ...

'' and Panzer commander in the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fey, Willi 1918 births 2002 deaths Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Panzer commanders Waffen-SS personnel German Army personnel People from Giessen (district) SS non-commissioned officers Recipients of the Gold German Cross Military personnel from Hesse