Hörner, Willi (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann")
- Date of birth:
- March 10th, 1912 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 21st, 1943 (Hill 191.6, south of Lomowez, Orel, USSR)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Grave: Plautino.
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
00.09.1939: pilot in St.G. 2
16.02.1942: Oberfeldwebel, awarded the Ehrenpokal
19.03.1942: Ofw., awarded the DKiG, 9./ St.G. 2
18.11.1942: Leutnant (LKr.O.), Sturzkampffliegerschule 2 , transferred to III./ St.G. 2
10.05.1943: Leutnant and Staka 9./ St.G. 2, awarded the Ritterkreuz on completion of 500 combat missions
00.05.1943-00.07.1943: appointed Staka 7./ St.G. 2
21.07.1943: Oberleutnant, 7./ St.G. 2, KIA – when his Ju 87 D-5 coded 'T6+GR' was shot down by ground fire South of Lomovets near Orel
00.07.1943: Posthumously promoted to Oberleutnant - effective 01.07.1943
Pilot credited with over 500 missions - Buried originally near Plautino
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- February 16th, 1942
award certificate and Pokal mention 10.02.1942 as the award's date
Sources
- Photo 1:
- Photo 2:
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk