Date of birth:

July 14th, 1911 (Oeynhausen/Westphalia, Germany)

Date of death:

January 2nd, 1996 (Bad Oeynhausen/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Major Karl Heinrich Höfer

Promotions:
1937: Leutnant;
?: Oberleutnant;
April 1st, 1941: Hauptmann;
?: Major.

Career:
December 28th, 1929: Infanterie-Regiment 18;
October 1st, 1933: Luftwaffe;
1938: Kampfgeschwader 55;
?: Staffel-Offizier Kampfgeschwader 55;
March 1942 - November 1944: Ia Kampfgeschwader 55;
November 1942 - February 1943: Ia Versorgungsführer Stalingrad;
September 19th, 1942: Kommandeur II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55;
October 1944: Generalstabsausbildung, Luftkriegsakademie, Berlin;
?: Quartiermeister der Luftwaffe in Italien.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 16th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 12th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

November 3rd, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Stab, Kampfgeschwader 55, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

July 16th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

September 3rd, 1943

Awarded for his outstanding achievements as a bomber Gruppe commander and his personal total of 272 sorties flown. Among his successes included…

- The destruction of an enemy artillery battery near Kap Penaj (17.04.1943).
- An attack on the Poti harbour (22.04.1943).
- A night raid against the Bataisk train station (10.05.1943).
- Another night raid against the Kursk railway station (02.06.1943).
- Six night attacks against the vehicle factory Nr. 1 Molotov, located at Gorkij-Awtosawod, as part of the overall attacks by Luftflotte 6 (June 1943).
- Attacks on the Jaroslawl rubber plant (09./10.06.1943 & 20./21.06.1943).

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major (Squadron Leader)

Unit:

Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

November 18th, 1944

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