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Zöllner, Heinz (KG 53 "Legion Condor")

Date of birth:
November 7th, 1919 (Gerdauen/Eastern Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
November 5th, 1944 (over the Northsea)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Had flown over 400 combat missions by the time of his death.
01.10.1939: entered the Luftwaffe and initially posted to Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 10
08.01.1940: FFS A/B 10
15.04.1940: LKS Königsberg-Neuhausen
00.07.1940: FFS C 10
18.12.1940: BFS 3
16.01.1941: Grosse KFS 4
11.05.1941: 10./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
06.10.1941: 4./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
00.04.1942: 6./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
13.04.1942: Leutnant, Flugzeugführer, awarded the Ehrenpokal
27.07.1942: Leutnant, awarded the DKiG, 6./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
00.12.1942-00.01.1943: flew supply/evacuation missions to Stalingrad
02.02.1943: IV./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
01.04.1943: promoted to Oberleutnant
11.06.1943-26.09.1943: Oblt., Stafü, 6./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
01.09.1943: Staka, 6./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
27.09.1943: IV./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
00.01.1944: Oblt., re-appointed Staka, 6./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
05.04.1944: Hauptmann, awarded the RK, Staka, 6./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
00.04.1944: Hptm., Staka, 6./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor", He 111 H-6 coded 'A1+FM' crashed at Shatalowka
01.05.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
26.07.1944: 4./ Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
00.08.1944: trained to launch V-1 missiles from He 111s
00.10.1944: began to fly V-1 missions against the UK
00.00.1944-05.11.1944: Hptm., in II./ KG 53
05.11.1944-06.11.1944: Hptm., 4./ KG 53, reported MIA then KIA with He 111 H-20 Werknummer 701.235 coded 'A1+AM' over the North Sea, with a crew of 5 that failed to return to Bad Zwischenahn from an airborne V-1 launching mission against London- apparently shot down by a Beaufighter - Remaining crew (all MIA) :
-Ofw RKT Karl Christmann (o16.06.1912), Beobachter
-Fw DKT Erich Schneider, Bordfunker
-Ofw DKT Fritz Marhoun (o26.05.1917), Bordmechaniker
-Fw DKT Leonhard Dollmeier, Bordschütze

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
April 13th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
6. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53
Awarded on:
July 27th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 6. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
Awarded on:
April 5th, 1944
Awarded for his successes as a senior bomber pilot and the accumulation of 300 sorties.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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