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Ahnert, Heinrich-Wilhelm
Ahnert, Heinrich-Wilhelm
Date of birth:
April 29th, 1915 (Altenburg/Thuringia, Germany)
Date of death:
August 23rd, 1942 (Koptevo/Moskow, Russia)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
March 2nd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
I. Gruppe
,
Jagdgeschwader 52
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 27th, 1942
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
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.
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Frontflugspange für Jäger in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
.
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OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989
.
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PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
.
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PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008
.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
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Aces of the Luftwaffe
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Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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