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Heinrich Ehrler

1917 - 1945

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Heinrich Ehrler (14 September 1917 – 4 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander during World War II. As a fighter ace, he is credited with 208 enemy aircraft shot down in over 400 combat missions. The majority of his victories were claimed over the Eastern Front, with nine claims over the Western Front which included eight in the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Born in Oberbalbach, Ehrler grew up in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany as one of 12 children in his family. He joined the military service in the Wehrmacht in 1935, initially serving with the artillery and anti-aircraft artillery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Ehrler is the 1,270th most popular military personnel (down from 1,083rd in 2019), the 3,192nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,638th in 2019) and the 238th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Heinrich Ehrler ranks 1,270 out of 2,058. Before him are Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Kodama Gentarō, Rudolf Maister, Al-Salih Hajji, and Hermann Boehm. After him are Olivier V de Clisson, Nagakura Shinpachi, Jack Churchill, Jirō Minami, Nuri Killigil, and Mikhail Kovalyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Heinrich Ehrler ranks 154. Before him are Zoltán Fábri, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Imre Németh, Leopoldo Trieste, and El Santo. After him are Dmitry Belyayev, Adolfo Consolini, Aníbal Paz, Kerim Kerimov, Robert Anderson, and Victor Marijnen. Among people deceased in 1945, Heinrich Ehrler ranks 215. Before him are Roberto Farinacci, Agnes Baden-Powell, Alfred Delp, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Óscar R. Benavides, and Antal Szerb. After him are N. C. Wyeth, Violette Szabo, Henrietta Szold, Ernst-Günther Baade, Alexander Granach, and Harry Hillman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Ehrler ranks 3,194 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Litten (1903), Leonor Michaelis (1875), Marta Hillers (1911), Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819), Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863), and Princess Anna of Saxony (1836). After him are A. R. Penck (1939), Christiane Kubrick (1932), Magdalena of Saxony (1507), Gunter Demnig (1947), Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733), and Dominikus Zimmermann (1685).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Heinrich Ehrler ranks 238. Before him are Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888), Heinrich von Bellegarde (1756), George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892), Eduard Wagner (1894), Josias von Heeringen (1850), and Otto von Knobelsdorff (1886). After him are Felix von Luckner (1881), Gustav Lombard (1895), Joachim Lemelsen (1888), Max Wünsche (1914), Ernst-Günther Baade (1897), and Walter Krüger (1892).

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