Thomsen, Ernst-Heinrich (Kampfgeschwader 26)
- Date of birth:
- January 18th, 1914 (Rüstringen/Wilhelmshaven, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 13th, 2000 (Trippstadt, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of 216 combat missions, during which he sank a combined tonnage of approx. 46000 GRT and damaged even more.
Promotions:
01.04.1933: Seekadett
30.09.1936: Leutnant zur See
01.10.1938: Oberleutnant zur See
01.10.1940: Oberleutnant (Luftwaffe)
01.10.1941: Hauptmann
01.01.1943: Major
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Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
- 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)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- I. Gruppe, Kampf-Schulgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major (Squadron Leader)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26
- Awarded on:
- October 24th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945
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