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Ahnert, Heinrich-Wilhelm (Jagdgeschwader 52)

Date of birth:
April 29th, 1915 (Ziegelheim, Altenburg/Thuringia, Germany)
Date of death:
August 23rd, 1942 (Koptevo, Rshew, Russia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Rzhev
Grave: unk.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.09.1939-00.05.1940: reconnaissance pilot
00.04.1941: transferred to 3./ JG 52
09.06.1941: Feldwebel, 3./ JG 52
00.08.1941: in I./ JG 52
02.03.1942: Oberfeldwebel, awarded the Ehrenpokal
24.05.1942: Ofw., 3./ JG 52
29.06.1942: Ofw., 3./ JG 52
08.08.1942: Ofw., 3./ JG 52
17.08.1942: Ofw., awarded the DKiG
23.08.1942: Ofw., 3./ JG 52, KIA – Bf 109G-2 Werknummer 13508 coded "Yellow 9" shot down by the rear gunner of a Pe-2 near Koptevo. 23.08.1942: Ofw., posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz
Credited with 57 air victories

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
March 2nd, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 52, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 27th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 52, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 23rd, 1942
Awarded on the same day of his death. By this time he had achieved 57 aerial victories.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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