Hans Heinrich Wiegand

Hans Heinrich Wiegand (Hans-Heinrich, Wiegand; October 19, 1911 - September 7, 1940) was an Oberleutnant in Kampfgeschwader 4 from Weimar who flew during the Battle of Britain, among other pre-battle campaigns for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War.
Early life
Born and raised in the Weimar Republic, the son of Heinrich Wiegand he had a pedigree for military association being the nephew to an uncle who served during the 1870 Prussian War earning the EKII, who later would request his 1895 Iron Cross II Jubilee medal.
Civil career
Hans became a member of the German police .
Military career
Assigned to the Kompanie Flieger Regiment 51 or Flight Training Regiment 51, he was issued erkennungsmarke "4./Fl. Ausb. Regt. 51/3" which was used to identify his remains upon his aircraft accident at Clermont, France.
He attained his pilot certification and served in the 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe,Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever". Hans Wiegand flew in Having early campaigns in Poland and the annexation of Czechoslovakia in 1938 by the Wehrmacht forces who marched unmatched and uncontested into the Slavic nation.
Early Military Career and Training
While serving with the Schutzpolizei, he enlisted in the German Air Sports Association having competed in numerous training and sportfest competition in Nazi Germany. He earned some of his first awards in 1933 at the Frankfurt a.M summer competition. The German Air Sports Association was eventually succeeded by the NSFK National Socialist Flyers Corps (German: Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps; NSFK) a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party founded April 15, 1937.
Prewar Sportsfest Awards
*Provinzial-Polizei-Sportfest, August 18-20, 1933 Frankfurt a.M., Bronze and Silver Awards
*Thuringen-Kurhessenflug Flying Competition Badge 1938
Wartime Awards
*Silver Wound Badge
Personal life
Raised in a family with ties to military past, there was an interest in national service. It is unknown when he met his bride.
Death
During the Luftwaffe's first night of the Blitz on London, England 7 September 1940, the II Gruppe, was in support off Luftflotte II attack on the Silvertown docklands east London. At 20:24 German time, Wiegand's crew flying Heinkel 111 P-4 departed its base at Eindhoven with its payload of 2x 1,800 Kg "Satan" HE bombs.
Conditions that night were difficult with severe wing icing being reported by some other crews which would likely have contributed to the Luftwaffe Quartermasters entry for that night. The He111 went into a spin due to technical fault and crashed near Clermont. This may provide an explanation why his Heinkel 111 was apparently so far off track from its target in Silvertown, London.
Beobachten "Observer" Oberleutnant Hans-Heinrich Weigand killed, Uffz Fellmann injured, the remaining crew were believed to be unhurt. The aircraft was 100% write-off, its Werknummer is unknown.
He is interred at Heroes Cemetery Montdidiers Airbase Province Beauvais.
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