Hanns Heise

{{Infobox military person

|name=Hanns Horst Heise

|birth_date=1 February 1913

|death_date={{death date and age|1992|5|18|1913|2|1|df=y}}

|birth_place=Treuenbrietzen, German Empire

|death_place=Cologne, Germany

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|nickname=

|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}} (to 1945)
{{flag|West Germany}}

|branch={{navy|Weimar Republic}}
Luftwaffe
German Air Force

|serviceyears=1934–45
1956–71

|rank=Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht)
Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr)

|commands=I./KG 76
IV./KG 76
KG 51
KG 2
KG 40
KG 30

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|battles=World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Hanns Horst Heise (1 February 1913 – 18 May 1992) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Aviator badge
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (15 September 1941)
Iron Cross (1939)
2nd Class
1st Class
German Cross in Gold (13 January 1942)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 September 1942 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Kampfgeschwader 76Fellgiebel 2000, p. 179.
Legion of Merit 1971

References

=Citations=

=Bibliography=

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|orig-date=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

{{Cite book

|last1=Patzwall

|first1=Klaus D.

|last2=Scherzer

|first2=Veit

|year=2001

|title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II

|language=German

|location=Norderstedt, Germany

|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall

|isbn=978-3-931533-45-8

}}

{{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=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

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}

{{succession box|

before=Hauptmann Robert von Sichart|

after=Unknown|

title=Gruppenkommandeur of I./KG 76|

years=? – March 1942

}}

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