Date of birth:

July 26th, 1921 (Potsdam/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

July 18th, 2007 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel was the great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck.

Promotions:
November 11th, 1941: Leutnant

Career:
November 03rd, 1941: 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 1 victory
February 12th, 1942: 4./ JG 2, 1 victory
June 29th, 1942: Stab, III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3, a Soviet Il-2
July 03rd, 1942: an I-16 Rata
July 04th, 1942: a Pe-2
July 09th, 1942: two Il-2s at Voronezh
July 16th, 1942: an Il-2
July 22nd, 1942: an I-16 Rata
July 24th, 1942: a MiG-1
July 27th, 1942: a MiG-1 North East of Kalatsch
July 28th, 1942: a MiG-1 at Kalatsch
August 06th, 1942: Stab, III./ JG 3, quadruple victory, two Pe-2s North of Aksaj, an R-5 same location, and another Pe-2 South West of Stalingrad
August 09th, 1942: two MiG-3s East of Kalatsch
August 12th, 1942: two LaGG-3s in the Stalingrad area
August 16th, 1942: a MiG-1 at Stalingrad
August 23rd, 1942: an I-180 North of Stalingrad
August 25th, 1942: Stab, III./ JG 3, WIA - Bf 109F-4/R1 Werknummer 13.314 damaged in fighter combat in the area of Stalingrad
August 30th, 1942: Gruppen-Adjutant, III./ JG 3, POW – Bf 109 F-4/R1 Werknummer 13.314 shot down by I-16 over Safeta in the Stalingrad area and captured
1942: joined the Soviets and collaborated as a member of the "Nationalkommitee Freies Deutschland"
August 01st, 1944: still officially listed as MIA
1950: wrote the book "I Joined the Russians"
Pilot credited with 35 victories

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• - 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.
  - Mitbegründer Nationalkomitie Freies Deutschland von 1994 bis 1998 Bundestagsmitglied der PDS, Der Spiegel