Heinrich, Otto (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)
- Date of birth:
- September 12th, 1920 (Alt Valm/Pomerania, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 22nd, 1944 (over the English Channel)
- Nationality:
- German
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter
- Unit:
- Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- May 4th, 1942
Date is that of publication in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 8. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 27th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Schnellkampfgeschwader 10, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1944
- 35 tanks
- 14 field guns
- 16 AA guns
- 1 armoured train
- 4 locomotives
- 1 torpedo boat
- 3 four-engined bombers
Awarded posthumously.
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- ww2.dk
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