Polz, Heinz (Flak-Sturm-Regiment 241)
- Date of birth:
- November 6th, 1916 (Dessau/Anhalt, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 27th, 2007
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
1st October 1938: Gefreiter;
1st April 1939: Unteroffz.-Anwarter;
1st April 1940: Unteroffizier;
25th September 1942: Wachtmeister (bravery promotion);
1st February 1944: Oberwachtmeister.
After the war Heinz Polz served in the Bundeswehr and reached the rank of Oberstabsfeldwebel. Heinz Polz retired on the 3oth of September 1970
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Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 1. / I. / Flak-Regiment 241
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Wachtmeister
- Unit:
- I. / Flak-Regiment 241
- Awarded on:
- November 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Wachtmeister
- Unit:
- 1.Ersatz-Batterie / schwere Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 36
- Awarded on:
- August 25th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Wachtmeister
- Unit:
- 1. / Gem. Flakabteilung (motorisiert) I. / 241
- Awarded on:
- February 17th, 1944
Awarded for wounds he sustained on the 17th of February 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberwachtmeister
- Unit:
- Geschützstaffelführer, Flak-Sturm-Regiment 241 (motorisiert)
- Awarded on:
- December 29th, 1944
Fellgiebel gives the awarding date of December 1st, 1944.
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Dorr, M Internationales Militaria Magazin nr135 September/October 2008, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrucken
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