Heinrich Burchard

Heinrich Burchard
Born5 October 1894 (1894-10-05)
Died11 April 1945(1945-04-11) (aged 50)
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchLuftwaffe
RankGeneral der Flakartillerie
Commands7th Flak Division
19th Flak Division
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross (?)

Heinrich Burchard (5 October 1894 – 11 April 1945) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several flak divisions. Burchard committed suicide on 11 April 1945.

Awards and decorations

Notes

  1. ^ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel has struck Heinrich Burchard from the list of Knight's Cross recipients. He noted that Burchard never received the Knight's Cross but the German Cross in Gold on 15 March 1943 instead.[2]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 150.
  2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 510.

Bibliography

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.