Heinrich Setz

Infobox Military Person
name=Heinrich Setz
born=birth date|1915|3|12|df=y
died=death date and age|1943|3|13|1915|3|12|df=y
placeofbirth=Gundelsdorf near Kronach
placeofdeath= near Le Tréport, France


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Luftwaffe
serviceyears=-1943
rank=Major
commands= 4./JG 77, I./JG 27
unit= JG 77, JG 27
battles=World War II
*Invasion of Norway
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Heinrich Setz (12 March 1915 – 13 March 1943) was a German World War II Luftwaffe 138 victories Flying ace and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

He claimed his first three aerial victories in the fall of 1940 in combat over Norway.

Heinrich Setz was killed on his 274th combat mission in a midair collision with a Supermarine Spitfire on 13 March 1943.

Awards

* German Cross in Gold (21 August 1942)
* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (12 September 1940)
** 1st Class (18 October 1940)
* Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (31 December 1941)
** 102. Oak Leaves (23 June 1942)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.