Leesmann, Karl-Heinz (Jagdgeschwader 52)
- Date of birth:
- May 3rd, 1915 (Osnabrück/Hannover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 25th, 1943 (In the airspace above Heligoland/North sea)
- Buried on:
- German War Graves Nordfriedhof
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Major, achieved a total of about 37 aerial victories (including 15 in the West).
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 2. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 52 "Grünherz"
- Awarded on:
- July 23rd, 1941
Awarded after 22 aerial victories.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 6th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 52 "Grünherz"
- Awarded on:
- July 27th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Weal, J., Jagdgeschwader 52 – The Experten, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Great Britain, 2004
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