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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