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Kaiser, Heinrich 'Heinz' (JG 53 'Pik As')

Date of birth:
December 31st, 1918 (Germany)
Date of death:
January 10th, 1945 (3km south of Graben-Neudorf near Germersheim - Germany)
Buried on:
German War Graves Bruchsal
Plot: 37. Row: 5. Grave: 10.
Nationality:
German

Biography

10.01.1945: Feldwebel, 10./ JG-53 (Kirrlach), KIA with Bf 109G-14 Werknummer 461.374 coded "Black 9 + I" during aerial combat with a P-51 southeast of Germersheim; failed landing attempt.
10.01.1945: Feldwebel Heinz Kaiser was sortied with his Rottenführer, Leutnant Wilhelm Manz (o16.11.1923, Staka 10./ JG 53 'Pik As' credited with 2 air victories, severely WIA the same day), believed victims of 1/Lt Clarence E.Louden of Tactical Recon Sq 162, 10 miles NE of Rastatt.
Kaiser suffered severe injuries in a failed emergency landing 3km south of Graben ivo Germersheim.
He died of his wounds the same day in a Bruchsal hospital and was buried at Bruchsal. .

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
10./ JG-53
Frontflugspange für Jäger in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
10./ JG 53 'Pik As'
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Sources

  • - Scheibert H., Die inhaber des Ehrenpokals für Besondere leistung im Luftkrieg, Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1986, ISBN 978-3790902839
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