Ludwig Heilmann

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|name=Ludwig Heilmann

|birth_date={{Birth date|1903|8|9|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|10|26|1903|8|9|df=y}}

|birth_place=Würzburg, German Empire

|death_place=Kempten, West Germany

|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1973-005-06, Ludwig-Sebastian Heilmann.jpg

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|allegiance={{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}

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|serviceyears=1921–33, 1934–45

|rank=Generalmajor

|commands=5th Parachute Division

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|battles=World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

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File:Ludwig Heilmann Iron Cross.jpg

Ludwig Heilmann (9 August 1903 – 26 October 1959) was a German paratroop general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Awards

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th and 3rd Class (2 October 1936)Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 105.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (2 October 1939) & 1st Class (14 June 1941)
German Cross in Gold on 26 February 1942 as Major in the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 172.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Knight's Cross on 14 June 1941 as Major and commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3Scherzer 2007, p. 375.
412th Oak Leaves on 2 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3
67th Swords on 15 May 1944 as Oberst and commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3

References

Citations

Bibliography

{{Cite book

|last1=Patzwall

|first1=Klaus D.

|last2=Scherzer

|first2=Veit

|year=2001

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

|trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2

|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

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

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

}}