Heinrich Füllgrabe Military person

Heinrich Füllgrabe (26 July 1916 – 30 January 1945) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Since joining the Luftwaffe in the late '30s, after the his training as a fighter pilot, Füllgrabe was appointed to serve as the Unteroffizier 9./JG 52 in spring 1941. Heinrich Füllgrabe became famous as a member of one of the most efficient units of the Luftwaffe, Karaya Quartet, where flying alongside Hermann Graf (212 kills), Alfred Grislawski (133) and Ernst Süß (68). Heinrich Füllgrabe was killed on 30 January 1945 by Soviet anti-aircraft fire near Brieg in Silesia. During his career he was credited with 67 aerial victories, all of them on the Eastern Front. His score includes five Il-2 Sturmoviks.

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Birth date	July 26, 1916
Birth place	Germany , Witzenhausen
Date of death	January 30, 1945
Place of death	Silesia , Brzeg

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award	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations	Operation Barbarossa Battle of the Caucasus Defence of the Reich World War II
military branch	Luftwaffe
military unit	Jagdgeschwader 52 Jagdgeschwader 50