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German general and Knight's Cross recipient
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
3 June 1923(Hamburg, Bouches-de-l'Elbe, France, Holy Roman Empire)
Death:
4 May 2002(Hoppstädten, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Germany)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
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 Generalmajor, retiring in 1979.
Summary of career
Aerial victory claims
Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and state that Meyn was crited with approximately 26 aerial victories, all of which claimed on the Eastern Front.
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