Wilhelm Meyn | |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1923 |
Birth Place: | Hamburg |
Death Place: | Hoppstädten-Weiersbach |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | German Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1940–45 1956–79 |
Rank: | Oberleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) |
Commands: | Jagdgeschwader 72 "Westfalen" Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke" |
Unit: | StG 3, SG 3 Jagdgeschwader 72 "Westfalen" Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke" |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Wilhelm Meyn (3 June 1923 – 4 May 2002) was a general in the German Air Force. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. In 1956, he joined the Bundeswehr of West Germany and rose to the rank of Generalmajor, retiring in 1979.
Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and state that Meyn was crited with approximately 26 aerial victories, all of which claimed on the Eastern Front.
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