Höfemeier, Heinrich
- Date of birth:
- August 21st, 1913 (Langenholzhausen/Lippe, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 7th, 1943 (over Karachev/Bryansk Oblast, Russia)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Heinrich Höfemeier was shot down over Karachev, Russia by an AA battery on the 7th August 1943 as Staffelführer 3. / Jagdgeschwader 51 while holding the rank of Leutnant.
His final mission count stood at 490. In total he achieved 96 aerial victories and destroyed another 12 aircraft on the ground.
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Spanienkreuz, Silber mit Schwertern
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 1. / Jagdgeschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1941
Publication in the Ehrenliste der Luftwaffe on 30th September 1941.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 1. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 19th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 1. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 5th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Aces of the Luftwaffe
- das-ritterkreuz.de
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