Heitmann, Hans (Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter")
- Date of birth:
- June 12th, 1913 (Kiel)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
07.06.1940: 1st victory, a Breguet 693 at Poix/Auraignes
30.06.1940: a "damaged" Hurricane
10.07.1940: a 2nd, a Blenheim 20 km West of Arras
20.10.1943: a Spitfire south of Ostende
13.11.1943: a B-24H north of Zwolle, "Big Dog" # 42-7483, flown by Lt Issac Marx of the 93BG, 578BS
26.11.1943: 9th victory, a B-17 at Domont
01.12.1943: 4./ JG-26, WIA with Fw 190A-6 Werknummer 530.741 coded "Blue 9", making a force landing south of Geilkirchen due to enemy fire
25.02.1944: 10th victory, a B-26 North West of Westkapelle
06.03.1944: 11th victory, a B-17 North West of Osnabrück as Leutnant, I./ JG-26, severely WIA in the right arm with Fw 190A-7 Werknummer 642.978 or 642.987 coded "Black 9" near Osnabrück by a P-47 - bailed out successfully, and the aircraft crashed near Haste
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 29th, 1944
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