This is all the information I have on Heinz. The information was received from a Luftwaffe polot researcher some years ago as well as a magazine artical that described the finding of he and his aircraft.
Heinrich “Heinz” Peterburs was a fighter pilot with about 300 missions and 22 unconfirmed aerial victories.
От себя добавлю, что этот "исследователь" просто перепутал братьев - 300 вылетов было как раз у Ханса (прим. моё)“Heinz” was flying his Bf 109 G-6 and was engaged in a “dogfight” with American Fighter Planes near the small city of Töttelstedt north west of Erfurt on either the 7th or 8th of April 1945. Eyewitnesses of the “dogfight” tell how “Heinz’s” 109 had a large part of its wing ripped off and crashed into the earth at a steep angle. The inhabitants of the village found the canopy from the German fighter on the east side of the village. This meant that the pilot tried to bail out but due to the low altitude he was unable to escape from his aircraft and smashed into the ground.
A German salvaging group who researched such fates of war located the remains of “Heinz” and his 109 on the 30th of August 2003. During the excavation every small piece of dirt which was taken from the salvage site had to be examined thoroughly. Soon the first human remains were found and thereby it was concluded that the pilot was still in the machine. From the rubble it was concluded that the plane was a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 and gradually indications were found about the pilot. A ring, “wings”, an Iron Cross 1st class and something that was very important was found, the Identification disk. All the remains of the pilot were put into a coffin and placed in the mortuary of the town for keeping. From the information that was found on the identity disk the WAST (German war archives ) determined that the remains were Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Peterburs (born 18th of march 1916). On the 22nd of November 2003 Heinz was buried, with military honours, at the War Memorial at Hoetzelioda, Germany.
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