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    LW KC winner with OL Heinz Frank

    Heinz Frank was born at Arnstadt on 12 December 1914. His military career begins at 20 years old. He fought with II(S)LG2 in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Poland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><ST1England</ST1l</st1:country-region><O</O
    During 1941 he fought as member of 5(S)LG2 at <st1:country-region w:st="on"><ST1Greece</ST1</st1:country-region> and Barbarrossa being upgraded to Leutnant. In January 1942 he was Staffelkapitan of 3/SCHG1 from 01.03.1942 equipped with Nf109In Spring 1942 he was kharkov…he was distinguished in Kerch being awarded the KC on 03 September 1942 after more than 500 missions.<O</O
    In November, after more than 700 missions, he was awarded the Oakleaves as 172 soldier of the WH awarded.<O</O
    On 01/06/1943 he was promoted to Major and GK of II/SG 2 Immelman. In this unit he distinguish again in <ST1Crimea</ST1 and was mentioned by WH on 27.04.1944<O</O
    Sadly Frank died for an accidental shot with his own pistol on 07/10/1944<O</O
    He was t more than 900 missions…<O</O
    Here is his cap…<O></O>
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    Last edited by Vic; 05-21-2009, 05:11 PM.

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      Victor,

      stunning piece and what a history.....Enjoy this piece

      martin

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        #4
        Thank you Martin!

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          #5
          What a story to go with the hat. This is what makes the hobby so interesting! Nice Visor!

          Eric
          I once flew in a B-17, B-24, & a B-25. Next, I want to fire an 88 round.

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            #6
            re cap

            Hi Vic very, nice cap like it a lot. Vic can you post more stuff. Regards Paul.

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              #7
              what a great piece of history!

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                #8
                Cap is for sell at estand if interested.
                Thanks!

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                  #9
                  Very nice!

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