PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Buchholz, Hans (WL-Kampfflieger)
Date of birth: July 28th, 1908 (Altlandsberg/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:  May 19th, 1941 (Northatlantic Ocean)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Hans Buchholz was killed when his plane was shot down by ships artillery, 250 miles west of Ireland. At that moment he held the rank of Hauptmann der Reserve.
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit: Flugzeugführer I. / Kampfgeschwader 40
Awarded on: March 24th, 1941
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
 
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Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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