Heinz Bevernis

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Heinz Bevernis Rank Oberfeldwebel		Years of service ?–1942 Service/branch Luftwaffe Unit Sturzkampfgeschwader 1
Battles/wars World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Britain Invasion of Yugoslavia Battle of Crete Siege of Malta Operation Barbarossa Died July 19, 1942, Staraya Russa, Russia Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Heinz Bevernis (11 December 1914 – 19 July 1942) 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. Heinz Bevernis was killed on 19 July 1942 by Soviet forces over Staraya Russa, Russia, killed alongside him was his pilot and fellow Knight's Cross recipient Hauptmann Hartmut Schairer. Heinz Bevernis was posthumously awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 September 1942.

Awards and decorations

Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class

1st Class

German Cross in Gold on 11 May 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 September 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and Bordschutze (aerial gunner) in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1

References

Heinz Bevernis Wikipedia

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