Henne, Rudolf (Kampfgeschwader 51)

Date of birth:: December 8th, 1913 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: April 13th, 1962 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Flew a total of 450 combat sorties during WWII.

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Flugzeugführerabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:: November 17th, 1941

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: April 9th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: April 12th, 1942

Awarded for his successes as a bomber pilot, which included the following notable achievements…

- Destroying a harbour lock at Dunkirk.
- Sinking a 10000 GRT transport at Dieppe (1940).
- Destroying a battery of long range artillery (Battle of France).
- Destroying a total of 68 enemy aircraft on the ground during low-level attacks (1940).
- Sinking 3 Soviet monitors in the Gulf of Yaborlitzky.

Sources

Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Luftwaffe Officer Career