Eisenach, Franz
- Date of birth:
- August 11th, 1918 (Reetz/Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 21st, 1998 (Ottobrunn/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Franz Eisenach achieved 126 victories in 319 operational sorties. He was Kommandeur of the I. / Jagdgeschwader 54 from August 9th 1944 till May 8th 1945.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 3./Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
- Awarded on:
- August 31st, 1943
Published in the Ehrenliste der Luftwaffe on 13th September 1943.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- I. / Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
- Awarded on:
- January 16th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 3. / Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
- Awarded on:
- October 10th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Newspaperarticle Ritterkreuz.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
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- The Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherz
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