Hißbach, Karl Erich Horst Heinz "Heinz-Horst"
- Date of birth:
- January 30th, 1916 (Dessau/Anhalt, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 14th, 1945 (near Gelnhausen/Hesse, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Heinz-Horst Hißbach lies bueried at the German War Cemetery in Gelnhausen, Rij III, Graf 1.
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 15th, 1945
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 23rd, 1944
Published in the Luftwaffen-Verordnungsblatt on January 1st, 1945.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- June 19th, 1944
According to the Vorschlag of the Ritterkreuz awarded on 16-5-1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 12th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 9th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 31st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 13th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 26th, 1941
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Vorschlag für die Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
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