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Hanns Heise

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Years of service
  
1934–45 1956–71

Died
  
1992, Cologne, Germany

Name
  
Hanns Heise

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine, Luftwaffe

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Britain Eastern Front Operation Steinbock

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Eastern Front, Operation Steinbock, World War II

Commands held
  
Kampfgeschwader 51, Kampfgeschwader 2, Kampfgeschwader 30

Hanns Horst Heise (1 February 1913 – 18 May 1992) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Aviator badge
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (15 September 1941)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (13 January 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 September 1942 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Kampfgeschwader 76

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