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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 II Eastern Front Defence 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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