Heinrich Setz was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 138 enemy aircraft shot down in 274 combat missions.
20 Facts About Heinrich Setz
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In July 1941, Heinrich Setz was appointed Staffelkapitan of the 4.
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Heinrich Setz claimed his 100th aerial victory on 24 July 1942.
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In February 1943 Setz was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of the I Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 27 which was based in France on the Western Front.
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Heinrich Setz claimed three more victories before he was killed in action on his 274th combat mission in a mid-air collision with a Supermarine Spitfire on 13 March 1943.
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Heinrich Setz was born on 12 March 1915 in Gundelsdorf near Kronach, Upper Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
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Heinrich Setz was the son of an Oberforster and joined the military service of the Luftwaffe as a Fahnenjunker on 6 April 1936.
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Heinrich Setz was promoted to Leutnant on 1 January 1938.
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Heinrich Setz was transferred to a front-line unit when he joined II.
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Heinrich Setz claimed three aerial victories in this theater, his first aerial victory, a Royal Air Force No 82 Squadron Bristol Blenheim bomber, was shot down south of Stavanger over Norway's west coast on 27 August 1940.
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In May 1941, Heinrich Setz was appointed Staffelkapitan of 4.
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Heinrich Setz claimed his 30th victory on 29 October 1941 and less than a month later, on 21 November, he shot down his 40th opponent.
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On 27 November 1941, Heinrich Setz claimed three aerial victories in combat south of Rostov-on-Don.
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Heinrich Setz was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 December 1941.
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Heinrich Setz was shot down by pilots from the 9 IAP of the ChF.
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Heinrich Setz was the 13th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.
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On this mission, Heinrich Setz claimed two LaGG-3, his last victories on the Eastern Front.
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Heinrich Setz took over his command in Bari, Italy on 20 November 1942, and led the transferal back to Krefeld in Germany, where they arrived on 28 November 1942.
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Now fighting a completely different type of air-war, versus the combat box-formations of bombers of the United States Army Air Forces VIII Bomber Command, Heinrich Setz had the entire group conduct training flights and reported operational readiness on 20 February 1943.
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Heinrich Setz, who was the brother in law of Franz Ruhl, was interred at the Bourdon German war cemetery in Bourdon, France in block 32, row 11, grave 427.