Heinz Frank

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Heinz Frank Rank Major		Years of service 1934–1944 Service/branch Luftwaffe

Commands held II./SG 2 IV. / SchlG 151 Battles/wars World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Siege of Leningrad Second Battle of Kharkov Battle of the Caucasus Battle of Kursk Died October 7, 1944, Yugoslavia Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Anschluss, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Unit Lehrgeschwader 2, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Schlachtgeschwader 2

Heinz Frank (12 December 1914 – 7 October 1944) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Heinz Frank was credited with 9 victories in 900+ missions.

Heinz Frank died on 7 October 1944 in a hospital of a circulatory collapse following an accidental pistol shooting incident, the bullet was lodged in his right hip. He was interred in Arnstadt in Thuringia.

Awards and decorations

Anschluss Medal

Sudetenland Medal

Aviator badge

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant "900"

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (28 October 1939)

1st Class (27 June 1940)

Eastern Front Medal

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (30 November 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 6 March 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 1

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 3 September 1942 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 1

172nd Oak Leaves on 8 January 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 1

Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 27 April 1944

References

Heinz Frank Wikipedia

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