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Heinrich Starke

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Years of service
  
?–1945 1956–81

Died
  
2001, Bonn, Germany

Unit
  
Schlachtgeschwader 10

Name
  
Heinrich Starke

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Leutnant (Wehrmacht) Oberst im Generalstab (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Eastern Front

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Eastern Front, World War II

Heinrich Starke (8 January 1922 – 13 June 2001) was a highly decorated Leutnant 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. Heinrich Starke joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1981 as an Oberst im Generalstab.

Awards and decorations

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (8 November 1943)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (5 February 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 January 1945 as Leutnant and pilot in the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 10

    • References

    Heinrich Starke Wikipedia
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