Peter Horn (Danish fighter pilot)
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Peter Horn was a Danish
fighter pilot, who fought in the Luftwaffe
during the Second World War.
Horn was born on 15 October 1915. He joined the Danish army and trained as a pilot, graduating as a qualified pilot in 1937 (certificate 214/37). On 9 October 1938 he was made Sekondløjtnant (2nd Lieutenant) and at the outbreak of war, was a Lieutenant in the reserve.
On 8 July 1941 Danish commissioned officers of the armed forces are allowed to volunteer for the Freikorps Denmark. One of the volunteers was Horn.
Accepted Horn remained in Luftwaffe service until the end of the war, as a fighter pilot with 1./JG 51 from 1941 to 1943.
He was credited with 10 or 11 victories during the war, mostly on the Eastern Front
.During his Luftwaffe service Horn was decorated with the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
fighter pilot, who fought in the Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
during the Second World War.
Horn was born on 15 October 1915. He joined the Danish army and trained as a pilot, graduating as a qualified pilot in 1937 (certificate 214/37). On 9 October 1938 he was made Sekondløjtnant (2nd Lieutenant) and at the outbreak of war, was a Lieutenant in the reserve.
On 8 July 1941 Danish commissioned officers of the armed forces are allowed to volunteer for the Freikorps Denmark. One of the volunteers was Horn.
Accepted Horn remained in Luftwaffe service until the end of the war, as a fighter pilot with 1./JG 51 from 1941 to 1943.
He was credited with 10 or 11 victories during the war, mostly on the Eastern Front
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
.During his Luftwaffe service Horn was decorated with the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class.