Cramer, Heinz

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Date of birth:: May 24th, 1911 (Strasbourg, Alsace)
Date of death:: September 5th, 2003 (Hamburg, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major (Squadron Leader)
Unit:: II.(K) Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: September 18th, 1940

Awarded for the successes of his Gruppe in the Norwegian Campaign, Battle of France and Battle of Britain. His Gruppe had sunk a total of 40000 GRT of enemy shipping by the time he was awarded the Knight’s Cross and had damaged many other ships as well (including a battleship during the Norwegian Campaign).

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- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
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