Anton Mader

Anton Mader
Born	(1913-01-07)7 January 1913 Kaštel Novi, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
Died	Vienna
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) Austria
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Rank	Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Brigadier (Bundesheer)
Unit	JG 2, JG 77, JG 11, JG 54
Commands held	II./JG 77, JG 11, JG 54
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Bundesheer

Oberstleutnant Anton Mader (born 7 January 1913 in Kaštel Novi – died 19 February 1984 in Vienna) was German World War II Luftwaffe 86 victories Flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He held the position of Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 54 in 1944.

Awards

• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (7 October 1941)
• German Cross in Gold on 2 January 1942 as Hauptmann in the II./JG 77
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 July 1942 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./JG 77

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Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of Jagdgeschwader 11 April 1, 1943 – November 11, 1943	Succeeded by Oberstleutnant Hermann Graf
Preceded by Major Hubertus von Bonin	Commander of Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherz January 28, 1944 – September, 1944	Succeeded by Oberst Dietrich Hrabak