sentences:  "Ofw" Steinbatz got his 75th on 20 May, and although the ground offensive was blunted by the next day, the intense aerial combat continued.He claimed four victories apiece on 1 and 2 June and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves () on 2 June for the 83 victories to date - being the first NCO in the "Luftwaffe" to receive this honour.However the strain of ten months' almost non-stop combat was starting to show.