Sergeant-Major Heinrich Busch^{[1, 2]}

1916 - 1946  (30 years)

• Name	Heinrich Busch
  Prefix	Sergeant-Major
  Born	22 Jun 1916	Burgan, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Crime	10 Oct 1944	Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada
  	murder of Karl Lehmann
  Military	WW2 - German POW
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-165037
  Died	18 Dec 1946	Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I165037	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

• Photos

  Heinrich Busch image from National Library of Canada

  
  

• Notes

  Sergeant-Major Heinrich Busch was born in Burgan, Frankfurt-am-Main. The collision of his bomber with barrage balloon wires led to his capture in Norfolk, England. He had completed twenty-six operational flights and was awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class. He was a clothing store clerk before signing up with the Luftwaffe in 1934. He arrived in Canada in January 1942 and was interned in Montieth, Medicine Hat and Neys. He was also single. Homefront in Alberta - Ideological Battles in Medicine Hat: The deaths of August Plaszek and Karl Lehmann. (2019). Wayback.archive-it.org. Retrieved 9 December 2019, from https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208171324/https://www.albertasource.ca/homefront/feature_articles/ideological2.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41567123/feldw_heinrich-busch. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Feldw./ Heinrich Busch/ 22.6.16 + 18.12.46

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Jun 1916 - Burgan, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany Crime - murder of Karl Lehmann - 10 Oct 1944 - Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada Died - 18 Dec 1946 - Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth