Date of birth:

February 1st, 1913 (Treuenbrietzen/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

May 18th, 1992 (Cologne/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
?: Oberst (Bundeswehr).

Career:
July 16th, 1956 - December 31st, 1958: Kommandeur, Flugzeugführerschule 'S' (Bundeswehr).

Flew a total of 364 sorties in the east and west.

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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:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän, Kampfgeschwader 76

Awarded on:

September 15th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 76, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

January 13th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandeur, IV. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 76, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

September 3rd, 1942

Awarded after flying about 180 sorties. During 1942 Heise and his Gruppe particularly distinguished themselves while supporting German ground forces at Kharkov and Kerch. Here the unit destroyed…

- 53 tanks
- 2 artillery pieces
- 2 batteries
- 6 prime movers
- 630 trucks
- 5 ammunition dumps
- 1 armoured train
- 1 large destroyer in the port of Novorossisk

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
  - Flugzeugführerschule S