Eichmeier, Hans

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Date of birth:: August 13th, 1897 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: February 21st, 1973 (Nördlingen/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
Unit:: Kommandeur, leichte Flak-Abteilung 854 (v), Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: June 11th, 1944

Awarded the Knight’s Cross for the achievements of his Flak-Abteilung, one of the most successful such units in the sector of Heeresgruppe Mitte.

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.

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