, Heinz-Wolfgang.
(DOB: 16.02.22 in Calw/Wurttemberg or possibly Stuttgart).
(RESB, DKG). (W.B.K. Potsdam I).
15.11.39 entered the Luftwaffe as a Fahnenjunker and began training with
Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 42 in Salzwedel.
08.01.40 trf to FFS A/B 3.
20.08.40 trf to FFS E (C) 3 Alt-Lonnewitz.(to 05.41).
01.04.41 promo to Lt. and trf to BFS 2 Neuburg/Donau, followed by 10 weeks at the Zerstorer-Schule at Wunstorf. (n.d.) trf to NJ Schule 1. 11.41 Lt., trf to 5./NJG 1.
10.04.42 appt Techn.Offz. of II./NJG 1.
01.08.42 Lt., Stab II./NJG 1.
01.07.43 promo to Oblt.
26.07.43 awarded the Ehrenpokal.
13.08.43 Oblt., appt Staka 12./NJG 1 (to 01.03.44).
16.08.43 Oblt., awarded DKG, II./NJG 1.
31.12.43 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 12./NJG 1.
01.03.44 Oblt., appt Kdr. IV./NJG 1 (to 04.11.44).
01.05.44 promo to Hptm.
24.06.44 Hptm., awarded Eichenlaub, Kdr. IV./NJG 1.
30.07.44 Hptm., awarded Schwerter, Kdr. IV./NJG 1. 16.10.44 Hptm., awarded Brillanten, Kdr. IV./NJG 1.
14.11.44 Hptm., appt Kommodore NJG 4 (to 08.05.45).
01.12.44 promo to Maj.
20/21.02.45 Maj., Stab/NJG 4.
09.04.45 flew his last mission.
05.45 captured by the British at Eggebek/Schleswig-Holstein. Credited with 121 victories in at least 164 combat missions. Virtually all of his victories were at night making him the most successful night fighter pilot of all time.
11.45 released from British captivity.
23.09.46 crossed the Swiss border illegally and were arrested by border guards and interned. Released 6 months later. Returned to the
family wine business.
†15.07.50 south of Bordeaux in an auto accident with a truck, dying two days later. Buried in Calw.