Date of birth:

February 17th, 1914 (Heidelberg/Baden, Germany)

Date of death:

January 9th, 1943 (Mediterranean)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Also found as Heinrich Schweickardt, Schweickhardt was killed over the Mediterranean, somewhere between Sicily and Greece as Kommandeur III. / Kampfgeschwader 76. He was posthumously promoted to Major.

10.04.1935: entered the Luftwaffe
01.04.1935: promoted to Leutnant
00.09.1939: initially assigned to an unspecified stuka unit
00.09.1939: Leutnant, transferred to II./ KG 76
00.00.1940: appointed Staka 8./ KG 76
01.10.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant
00.04.1941: awarded the Ehrenpokal
13.01.1942: Oblt., awarded DKiG, 8./ KG 76
00.02.1942-09.01.1943: Oblt., appt Staka 8./ KG 76
04.02.1942: Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 8./ KG 76
01.03.1942: promoted to Hauptmann
00.03.1942-09.01.1943: Hptm., Kdr., III./ KG 76
30.10.1942: Hptm. and Staka 8./ KG 76, awarded the Eichenlaub after completing more than 400 combat missions
08.-09.01.1943: Hptm., Kdr., III./ KG 76, MIA - Ju 88 A-4 coded 'F1+GS' in crash during a courier flight from Catania, Sicily to Tatoi - following engine trouble about 100 km West of Zante Island - crashed near Hörsching, Linz?
01.03.1943: posthumous promoted to Major - no RDA assigned
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA
Credited with about 400 missions

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• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer collection
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