Wilhelm Meyn

Wilhelm Meyn was a general in the German Air Force. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. In 1956, he joined the Bundeswehr of West Germany and rose to the rank of Generalmajor, retiring in 1979.

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and state that Meyn was crited with approximately 26 aerial victories, all of which claimed on the Eastern Front.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold on 28 January 1944 as Leutnant in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 October 1944 as Leutnant and Staffelführer of the 9./Schlachtgeschwader 3