Date of birth:

March 7th, 1912

Date of death:

1985 (Göttingen/Lower Saxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Hauptmann Heinz Buss / Buß
00.00.1939: Kampfbeobachterschule
01.11.1941: promoted to Hauptmann
00.12.1942 or 15.03.1943-15.06.1943: Staka, 3. Störkampfstaffel
15.06.1943: Staka, "Störkampfstaffel He 46"
21.06.1943-18.10.1943: Hptm., Staka, Störkampfstaffel 'Kroatien' then renamed Störkampfstaffel 'Südost'
18.10.1943: unit renamed 1. Staffel, Nachtschlachtgruppe 7, NSGr. 7
27.11.1943 : Hptm., 1./ NSGr. 7, unhurt when He 46 coded '1K+FH' performed an emergency landing behind Allied lines, 1 km South West of Babče, hit by ground fire while attacking partisans in the area of Čazma and Glina - returned safely on foot
01.03.1944: Staka, 1./ NSGr. 7
31.07.1944: transferred to NSGr. 9
24.04.1944: Hptm., Staka, awarded Ehrenpokal
25.05.1944-27.05.1944: Hptm., Staka 1./ NSGr. 7 - credited with165 missions with this unit where flew the DFS 230 with troops of SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500 landing near Drvar Citadel to capture Tito
26.05.1944: Hptm., 1./ NSGr. 7, unhurt when He 46 coded '4X+EH' was shot up by Spitfires of 249th Squadron near Banja Luka - force-landed there
27.05.1944: Hptm., flew his last mission with 1. /NSGr. 7 ferrying He 46 coded '4X+MH' from Baya Kuka to Zagreb
10.07.1944-15.09.1944: transferred to SG 111 and retrained on Ju-87
06.10.1944-17.10.1944: training with 15. Staffel, SG 151 - practice flights with Ju-87
16.11.1944: transferred to 3. Staffel, NSGr. 9
22.11.1944: Staka, 3. Staffel, NSGr. 9
00.03.1945-00.05.1945: Hptm., Staka 3./ NSGr. 9
00.00.1950: lived in Bielefeld

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• - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
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