Schmidt, Heinz 'Johnny' (WL-Jagdgeschwader 52)
- Date of birth:
- April 20th, 1920 (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe/Hesse, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 5th, 1943 (Markor, Soviet Union)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Heinz Schmidt was killed at Markor, Soviet Union on 5th September 1943. At that moment he was Staffelkapitän 6. / Jagdgeschwader 52 with the rank of Oberleutnant. He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann.
Heinz Schmidt achieved a total of 173 victories in 712 operational sorties.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 22nd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 9th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- July 6th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- August 13th, 1942
Award 3/84.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- August 23rd, 1942
530th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- September 16th, 1942
124th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- 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
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- 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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