Heider, Ritter von, Herwig, Eugen, Karl (LW)

Date of birth:: June 5th, 1915 (Innsbruck, Tyrol - Austria)
Nationality:: German

Biography

01.04.1936: Leutnant, transferred from the Kriegsmarine to the Luftwaffe
01.08.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant, Fl.Ausb.Btl. 16
01.11.1939: Oberleutnant, transferred from Fl.Ausb.Btl. 16 to 2./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 606
19.02.1940: Oberleutnant, 2./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 606
15.09.1941: Oberleutnant and Staka 2./ K.Gr. 606, POW when his Ju 88 A-4 Werknummer 5247 and coded '7T+LK' was shot down while attacking a convoy off the east UK coast, c. 15 km East of Happisburgh/Norfolk by Sqdn Leader Francis Soper flying a RAF Hurricane of 257 Sqdn
Remaining crew (POW):
-Ofw Karl Ützen, R/O;
-Sdf Hans Kelch, Flt Engr
-Gefr Herrmann Lesemeister (or Lessmeister) (WIA)
02.12.1941: Oberleutnant, awarded DKiG, K.Gr. 606
01.04.1942: promoted to Hauptmann
01.08.1944: officially listed as MIA
Credited with between 70 and 120 combat missions and at least 51,000 GRT sunk 1962: employed as a manager at Aerotechnik-Kirchfeld KG, Düsseldorf

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