Date of birth:

June 3rd, 1923 (Hamburg/Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany)

Date of death:

May 4th, 2002 (Hoppstädten-Weiersbach/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
?: Major (Bundeswehr);
?: Oberst.

Career:
March 13th, 1961: Kommodore Jagdbombergeschwader 36 (Bundeswehr);
December 17th, 1962 - December 17th, 1963: Kommodore Jagdbombergeschwader 31.

Wilhelm Meyn flew a total of 721 sorties as a ground attack pilot, including 281 with the Fw 190. In the latter role he managed to achieve 26 aerial victories in the East on top of his successes against ground targets.

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• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• - 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, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - Luftwaffe Officer Career
  - Kommodore
  - Jagdbombergeschwader 36 (1961)