German
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
LEESMANN, Karl-Heinz. (DOB: 03.05.15 in Osnabrück). (R, DKG). 19.02.39 appt Staka 3./JG 433.
1939 in I./JG 52. 27.08.40 Oblt., appt Staka 2./JG 52 (to 24.05.41). 24.05.41 Hptm., appt Kdr. I./JG
52 (to 06.11.41). 30.06.41 Oblt., Stab I./JG 52. 23.07.41 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 2./JG 52.
06.11.41 Oblt., Stab/JG 52 WIA - Bf 109 F-2 force-landed at Rusa after being hit by enemy fire and
severely WIA with a splintered right forearm; spent months hospitalized and recuperating (to
06.05.42). 06.05.42 Hptm., re-appt Kdr. I./JG 52 (to 13.06.42). 27.07.42 Hptm., awarded DKG,
Kdr., I./JG 52. 01.03.43 promo to Maj. 26.03.43 Maj., trf from Ob.d.L. pool to Erg.JGr. Süd
(cancelled?). 27.03.43 (28.04.43?) Maj., in I./JG 52, appt Kdr. III./JG 1 (to 25.07.43). 25.07.43
Maj., Stab III./JG 1 KIA – in Bf 109 G-6 (white <5 + I) shot down in Pl.Qu.UR while attacking
bombers over the North Sea to the SE of Helgoland. 16.08.43 body washed ashore. Buried at
Recklinghausen. Credited with 37 air victories.
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