Havik, Johan "Joop" 'Hans' Wijnand
- Date of birth:
- May 5th, 1923 (Groningen, the Netherlands)
- Date of death:
- September 21st, 1997 (Stein near Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 456.022 // NSDAP-Nr.:
- Nationality:
- Dutch
Biography
Promotions:
05.12.1942: SS-Standartenoberjunker
10.03.1943: SS-Untersturmführer
Career:
16.04.1941: SS-Freiwilliger, SS-Freiwillige-Standarte "Nordwest"
08.06.1942-05.12.1942: SS-Junker, 8. Kriegs-Junker-Lehrgang, SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
00.12.1942: SS-Standartenoberjunker, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland"
18.02.1943-30.04.1943: WIA at Grischino and sent to a Lazarett
01.05.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Panzergrenadier-Ausbildungs-und-Ersatz-Bataillon "Wiking"
10.06.1943-28.11.1944: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 5, 5. SS-Panzer-Division 'Wiking'
14.01.1945: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Abteilung 4, 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division
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Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Standartenoberjunker
- Unit:
- SS-Freiwillige-Standarte "Nordwest", Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- December 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Standartenoberjunker
- Unit:
- SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland", Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- February 18th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, I. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Panzer-Abteilung 4, 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division
- Awarded on:
- May 6th, 1945
Presentation was not possible for his imprisonment as POW.
Recent research has risen doubts on the awarding of the Ritterkreuz to Hans Havik. According to the autho Scherzer there would be insufficient evidence to support the awarding.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: STIWOT
- - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, 2003 (English edition), England
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- Krätschmer E.G., Die Ritterkreuzträger des Waffen-SS
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