Date of birth:

February 20th, 1919 (Althof-Eylau/Easternprussia, Germany)

Date of death:

October 8th, 1943 (West of Brest, Atlantic Ocean)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Karl-Heinrich Matern shot a total of 12 enemy planes in his career.
He was killed on 8th October 1943 when his plane was shot down by an enemy Spitfire.

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• Photo 1: Koen Hermsen
• - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
  - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945