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Vizefeldwebel Heinrich Heitmüller :
Volubnteered for Fliegertruppe on August 11, 1914. Had long career on the Western Front. Joined Feldflieger-Abteilung 41 in mid-1915. Served there with later Pour le Merite winner, Hermann Köhl. Shot up on March 13, 1916 and forced down just within German lines. Valuable work bombing Dunkirk ad other enemy staging areas resulted in Iron Cross, 1st Class about this time. Participated in battles of the Somme in 1916 ans in Flanders and Cambrai in 1917 in now redisignated Fliege-Abteilung (A)258. On March 27, 1918 in German offensive against Bapaume, Heitmüller seriously wounded. Decorated with the Golden Military Merit Cross on March 29 when in hospital. Declared unfit for further service in the war
Aviation awards of Imperial Germany in WW1 vol.2
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