Willy Kientsch

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Wilhelm "Willy" Kientsch
Nickname(s) "Willy"
Born 12 May 1921
Kißlegg
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Würrich
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service 1940–44
Rank Oberleutnant
Unit JG 27
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Wilhelm "Willy" Kientsch (12 May 1921 – 29 January 1944) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was killed on 29 January 1944 when he became disorientated in Bf 109 G6 "Yellow 3" in a low cloud cover near Würrich, Germany and struck the ground and was killed. Willy Kientsch claimed 53 victories all over the Western Front. He was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 20 July 1944.

Awards

Notes

  1. According to Scherzer as pilot in the II./Jagdgeschwader 27.[3]

References

Citations

  1. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 227.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 255.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 440.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 85.

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