TIETZEN, Horst
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Tietzen, Horst Date of birth:  July 19th, 1912 (Neu-Ostwalter/Brandenburg, Germany) Date of death:  August 18th, 1940 (over the Thames/England, Great Britain) Nationality:  German       RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Staffelführer 5. / Jagdgeschwader 51 Awarded on: August 20th, 1940 Details: Awarded posthumously.         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - 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