Meyer, Eduard (Zerstörergeschwader 26 "HW")
- Date of birth:
- December 8th, 1919 (Detmold, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 31st, 1942 (near Welish, Russia)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Smolensk-Nishnjaja Dubrowinka
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
During his career he was credited with 22 aerial victories, 48 planes destroyed on the ground and two tanks.
31.03.1942: Leutnant, 3./ ZG-26 'Horst Wessel', KIA – Bf 110 E-2 Werknummer 4515 coded '3U+PL' collided with another German aircraft and plunged to his death near Velizh
Uffz Karl, Bordfunker died in the crash
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- I. Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"
- Awarded on:
- December 20th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Zerstörergeschwader
- Awarded on:
- September 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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