Wilhelm Meyn - Wikiwand

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.

Born3 June 1923

Hamburg

Died4 May 2002 (aged 78)

Hoppstädten-Weiersbach

Allegiance

Nazi Germany

West Germany

BranchLuftwaffe
German Air Force

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Wilhelm Meyn
Born	3 June 1923 Hamburg
Died	4 May 2002(2002-05-04) (aged 78) Hoppstädten-Weiersbach
Allegiance	Nazi Germany West Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe German Air Force
Service years	1940–45 1956–79
Rank	Oberleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Unit	StG 3, SG 3 Jagdgeschwader 72 "Westfalen" Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke"
Commands	Jagdgeschwader 72 "Westfalen" Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke"
Conflicts	World War II Battle of Kursk Kerch–Eltigen Operation Crimean Offensive Courland Pocket Defense of the Reich
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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.^[1]

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold on 28 January 1944 as Leutnant in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 October 1944 as Leutnant and Staffelführer of the 9./Schlachtgeschwader 3^[3]^[4]

References

Citations

Bibliography

Brütting, Georg (1992) [1976]. Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 – 1945 [These were the German Stuka Aces 1939 – 1945] (in German) (7th ed.). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch. ISBN 978-3-87943-433-6.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer [in German] (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims — Volume 3 M–R. Walton-on-Thames, UK: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-20-2.
Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Volume II Dive Bomber and Attack Aircraft] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-021-3.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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Military offices

Preceded by

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Commander of Aufklärungsgeschwader 52
1959 – December 1959

Succeeded by

Oberst Roderich Cescotti

Preceded by

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Commander of Jagdbombergeschwader 72
13 March 1961 – 14 December 1962

Succeeded by

Oberstleutnant Hans Gerhard Opel

Preceded by

Oberstleutnant Gerhard Barkhorn

Commander of Jagdbombergeschwader 31
17 December 1962 – 17 December 1963

Succeeded by

Oberst Friedrich Obleser

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