Johann Hermann Meier

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Rank Leutnant Service/branch Luftwaffe		Years of service ?–1944 Name Johann-Hermann Meier
Battles/wars World War IIEastern FrontDefence of the Reich Died March 15, 1944, Florennes, Belgium Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Eastern Front, Defence of the Reich, World War II Unit Jagdgeschwader 52, Jagdgeschwader 26

Johann-Hermann Meier (10 June 1921 – 15 March 1944) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 15 March 1944, Johann-Hermann Meier was killed after his Fw 190 collided with another Fw 190 while taxiing at the Luftwaffe base in Florennes, France. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 16 December 1944. During his career he was credited with 78 aerial victories, all on the Eastern Front.

Awards

Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (31 August 1943)

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class

1st Class

German Cross in Gold on 27 October 1943 as Leutnant in the I./Jagdgeschwader 52

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 December 1944 as Leutnant and Staffelfuhrer of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"

References

Johann-Hermann Meier Wikipedia

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