Heinz Marquardt

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Heinz Marquardt
29 December 1922(1922-12-29) – 19 December 2003 (aged 80)
Nickname	"Negus"
Place of birth	Braunsberg, East Prussia, (now Poland)
Place of death	Hammersbach
Allegiance	Nazi Germany(to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1939 – 1945 1956 – 1973
Rank	Leutnant
Unit	JG 51
Battles/wars	World War II Eastern Front
Awards	Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe (26 July 1944) German Cross in Gold (10 September 1944) Knight's Cross (18 November 1944)
Other work	Bundeswehr

Heinz "Negus" Marquardt was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross during World War II. Marquardt scored 121 aerial victories with 16 unconfirmed victories in 320 combat missions. All but one of his victories were claimed over the Eastern Front.

On 1 May 1945 Marquardt became JG 51s last casualty of the war when he was shot down by RAF Spitfires north of Berlin^[1].

After the war, Marquardt joined into the Bundesluftwaffe, with the rank of Leutnant on 16 August 1956. He retired on 30 September 1973, having risen to the rank of Oberstleutnant.

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• Weal, John (1998). Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 1-85532-518-7.
• Marquardt Awards
• Feldgrau Website
• Heinz Marquardt

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