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Major Kurt Heintz

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Major Kurt Heintz

Birth
Neunkirchen, Landkreis Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany
Death
22 Jan 1944 (aged 31)
Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, England
Burial
Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, England
Plot
German War Graves O-7-12
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Luftwaffe. 22nd January 1944.
Stab V/KG2.
Messerschmitt Me410A (2338). Night sortie to England. Shot down by RAF Mosquito night fighter of 488 Squadron and crashed at Lydd Ranges, Kent, 5.15am. Major Kurt Heintz (FF, Gruppenkommandeur) and St.Fw. Otto Runge (Bf) killed. Aircraft U5+WJ a write-off.

Holder of the Knights Cross (awarded in Oct 1942).
Luftwaffe. 22nd January 1944.
Stab V/KG2.
Messerschmitt Me410A (2338). Night sortie to England. Shot down by RAF Mosquito night fighter of 488 Squadron and crashed at Lydd Ranges, Kent, 5.15am. Major Kurt Heintz (FF, Gruppenkommandeur) and St.Fw. Otto Runge (Bf) killed. Aircraft U5+WJ a write-off.

Holder of the Knights Cross (awarded in Oct 1942).

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  • Maintained by: Steve Rob
  • Originally Created by: Sheilia W.
  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55232448/kurt-heintz: accessed ), memorial page for Major Kurt Heintz (25 Jul 1912–22 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55232448, citing Hawkinge Cemetery and Crematorium, Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, England; Maintained by Steve Rob (contributor 50310108).