Heinrich Füllgrabe

Heinrich Füllgrabe
Born 26 July 1916
Witzenhausen
Died 30 January 1945(1945-01-30) (aged 28)
Brieg
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch  Luftwaffe
Years of service ?–1945
Rank Oberleutnant
Unit JG 52
JG 50
Battles/wars

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Heinrich Füllgrabe (26 July 1916 – 30 January 1945) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Since joining the Luftwaffe in the late 1930s, after the his training as a fighter pilot, Füllgrabe was appointed to serve as the Unteroffizier 9./JG 52 in spring 1941. Heinrich Füllgrabe became famous as a member of one of the most efficient units of the Luftwaffe, Karaya Quartet, where flying alongside Hermann Graf (212 kills), Alfred Grislawski (133) and Ernst Süß (68). Heinrich Füllgrabe was killed on 30 January 1945 by Soviet anti-aircraft fire near Brieg in Silesia. During his career he was credited with 67 aerial victories, all of them on the Eastern Front. His score includes five Il-2 Sturmoviks.

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ According to Obermaier on 25 May 1942.[3]
  2. ↑ According to Scherzer as pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 52.[5]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Patzwall 2008, p. 81.
  2. ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 127.
  3. ↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 115.
  4. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 189.
  5. ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 323.

Bibliography

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  • Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 1945] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-065-7. 
  • Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. 
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