Heinrich Burchard
Heinrich Burchard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 October 1894 |
| Died | 11 April 1945 (aged 50) |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany |
| Service | Luftwaffe |
| Rank | General der Flakartillerie |
| Commands | 7th Flak Division 19th Flak Division |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (?) |
Heinrich Burchard (5 October 1894 – 11 April 1945) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several flak divisions. Burchard committed suicide on 11 April 1945.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 7th Flak Division[1][Note 1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel has struck Heinrich Burchard from the list of Knight's Cross recipients. He noted that Burchard never received the Knight's Cross but the German Cross in Gold on 15 March 1943 instead.[2]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (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.
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1945 deaths
- People from Fulda
- Luftwaffe World War II generals
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Military personnel from Hesse-Nassau
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German military personnel who died by suicide
- Prussian Army personnel
- Reichswehr personnel
- Generals of Anti-aircraft Artillery
- Military personnel from Hesse
- Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor