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Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Wachtberg

Heinz Bartels Memorial Cross

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Wachtberg

Heinz Bartels Memorial Cross

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Heinz Bartels Memorial Cross

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Location: Wachtberg, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Rinaldini

January 24, 2020

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Air Force soldier with 99 kills until he was shot here himself

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"Heinz Bartels achieved his first successes over the Channel in August 1941 with J.G. 26. He was subsequently transferred to II./J.G. 5 on the Murmansk Front. In May 1942, he …

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Elevation 170 m

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Monday 8 June

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