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Wilhelm Meyn

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Years of service
  
1940–45 1956–79

Name
  
Wilhelm Meyn

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe


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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany  West Germany

Rank
  
Oberleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
Jagdgeschwader 72 "Westfalen" Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke"

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of Kursk Kerch–Eltigen Operation Crimean Offensive Courland Pocket Defense of the Reich

Died
  
May 4, 2002, Hoppstadten-Weiersbach, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of Kursk, Kerch–Eltigen Operation

Unit
  
Sturzkampfgeschwader 3, Schlachtgeschwader 3

Wilhelm Meyn (3 June 1923 – 4 May 2002) was a general in the German Air Force. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. In 1956 he joined the Bundeswehr of West Germany and rose to the rank of general, retiring in 1979.

Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold on 28 January 1944 as Leutnant in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 October 1944 as Leutnant and Staffelführer of the 9./Schlachtgeschwader 3

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