Heinz Rökker was born on 20 October 1920 at Oldenburgh. He joined the Luftwaffe in October 1939 and began flying training with Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 22 at Güstrow in July 1940. In August 1941 he attended Blindflugschule 5 at Belgrade-Semlin before completing his training in September 1941 at Nachjagdschule 1 at Neubiberg near München. Rökker was posted to I./NJG 2 operating in the Mediterranean theatre on 6 May 1942. Leutnant Rökker was assigned to 1./NJG 2. On 20 June 1942, Rökker shot down a RAF Beaufort twin-engined bomber, by day, over the Mediterranean Sea whilst transiting from his base at Catania to Kalamaki in Greece. His aircraft received 25 hits from return fire during the action but he landed safely at Kalamaki. From bases in Libya, he undertook intruder missions over Egypt claiming four RAF Wellington twin-engined bombers shot down. On 4 August 1942, 1./NJG 2 was relocated to Belgium. Rökker was appointed Staffelkapitän of 1./NJG 2 on 15 December 1942. 1./NJG 2 was relocated back to the Mediterranean theatre based in Sicily on 16 February 1943. Rökker undertook night fighter missions over Sicily and Tunisia, recording a RAF Wellington twin-engined bomber shot down near Marsalla on the night of 19/20 April to record his sixth victory. On 2 July 1943, Rökker led the unit back to northern Europe to undertake Reichsverteidigung duties. Rökker enjoyed much success at this time, claiming three victories on each of the nights of 15/16 March 1944 (12-14), 22/23 March (15-17) and 24/25 March (18-20). Rökker was appointed Staffelkapitän of 2./NJG 2 on 1 April 1944. On the night of 6/7 June, he claimed five British bombers shot down in the area of the Allied landings in Normandy (29-33). Oberleutnant Rökker was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 27 July 1944. He recorded his 40th victory on the night of 7/8 August. On the night of 4/5 November, he shot down four enemy aircraft (42-45). He recorded three victories on the night of 3/4 February (50-52). He claimed six enemy aircraft on the night of 21/22 February (56-61). Hauptmann Rökker was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 781) on 12 March for 60 victories. On the night of 15/16 March, Rökker recorded four enemy aircraft shot down (61-64) as his last victories of the war, including a RAF Mosquito twin-engined bomber shot down over his airfield at St Trond.
    Heinz Rökker was credited with 64 victories in 161 missions. He recorded 63 of his victories at night, including 55 four-engined bombers.
 

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
1	20.6.1942	17:20	Beaufort	1./NJG 2	near Crete
2	25.6.1942	23:45	Wellington	1./NJG 2	50km SW Mersa Matruh / Wellington of 37 Sqn RAF
3	26.6.1942	0:09	Wellington	1./NJG 2	40km SW Mersa Matruh
4	28.6.1942	23:58	Wellington	1./NJG 2	60km SE Notland / Wellington of 108 Sqn RAF
5	28.7.1942	23:10	Wellington	1./NJG 2	E Tobruk
6	19.4.1943	1:15	Wellington	1./NJG 2	Marsalla
7	24.8.1943	0:35	Lancaster	1./NJG 2	SW Berlin
8	24.8.1943	0:50	Lancaster	1./NJG 2	SSW Berlin
9	20.12.1943	19:47	Lancaster	1./NJG 2	N Frankfurt
10	24.2.1944	22:43	Stirling	1./NJG 2	Heilbronn
11	25.2.1944	21:43	Lancaster	1./NJG 2	W Hagenau
12	15.3.1944	22:26	Lancaster	2./NJG 2	near Saarbrücken
13	15.3.1944	22:35	Lancaster	2./NJG 2	near Hagenau
14	15.3.1944	23:55	Lancaster	2./NJG 2	30km W Stuttgart
15	22.3.1944	21:30	Lancaster	2./NJG 2	near Aurich
16	22.3.1944	22:27	Viermot	2./NJG 2	near Koblenz
17	22.3.1944	22:35	Halifax	2./NJG 2	N Koblenz
18	24.3.1944	22:50	Lancaster	2./NJG 2	between Berlin and Leipzig
19	24.3.1944	23:20	Halifax	2./NJG 2	near Halle
20	24.3.1944	23:48	Lancaster	2./NJG 2	S Kassel
21	26.3.1944	22:35	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Mönchen Gladbach
22	23.4.1944	1:58	Lancaster	2./NJG 2	50km NW Düsseldorf
23	25.4.1944	2:05	Viermot	2./NJG 2	30km NE München
24	28.4.1944	1:39	Halifax	2./NJG 2	Freiburg in Breisgau
25	12.5.1944	0:23	Viermot	2./NJG 2	20-50km NW Brussels
26	12.5.1944	0:35	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Zeebrügge See
27	12.5.1944	0:49	Viermot	2./NJG 2	05 Ost S/2234
28	28.5.1944	2:08	Halifax	2./NJG 2	20-40km NW Eindhoven
29	7.6.1944	2:42	Viermot	2./NJG 2	10-50km SW Caen
30	7.6.1944	2:48	Viermot	2./NJG 2	10-50km SW Caen
31	7.6.1944	2:51	Viermot	2./NJG 2	W Caen
32	7.6.1944	3:01	Viermot	2./NJG 2	W Caen
33	7.6.1944	3:08	Viermot	2./NJG 2	W Caen
34	25.6.1944	0:16	Viermot	2./NJG 2	S Dieppe
35	26.7.1944	3:21	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Romilly
36	26.7.1944	4:38	Viermot	2./NJG 2	NW Châteaudun
37	29.7.1944	0:14	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Orléans
38	29.7.1944	1:17	Viermot	2./NJG 2	50km NE Chaumont
39	7.8.1944	23:29	Viermot	2./NJG 2	near Le Havre
40	7.8.1944	23:35	Viermot	2./NJG 2	NE Le Havre / Lancaster (ND817) of 582 Sqn, RAF
?	8.8.1944	0:06	Viermot	2./NJG 2	E Le Havre
?	19.10.1944	21:48	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Pirmasens
42	4.11.1944	19:31	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat KP
43	4.11.1944	19:36	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat KP
44	4.11.1944	20:00	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat KN
45	4.11.1944	20:06	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat KN
46	1.1.1945	20:07	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat ML
47	5.1.1945	19:19	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat FT
48	5.1.1945	19:29	Viermot	2./NJG 2	W Hannover
49	1.2.1945	19:46	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Koblenz
50	3.2.1945	19:31	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat LO
51	3.2.1945	19:51	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat KN
52	3.2.1945	19:56	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat KN
53	8.2.1945	0:21	Boston	2./NJG 2	Eindhoven
54	14.2.1945	22:03	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat PU
55	21.2.1945	20:46	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat IM
56	21.2.1945	20:56	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat KM
57	21.2.1945	21:06	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat LM
58	21.2.1945	21:12	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat LL
59	21.2.1945	21:13	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat LL
60	21.2.1945	21:19	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat LL
61	15.3.1945	20:50	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat LO
62	15.3.1945	20:53	Viermot	2./NJG 2	Quadrat LO
63	15.3.1945	21:26	Viermot	2./NJG 2	St Trond
64	15.3.1945	21:34	Mosquito	2./NJG 2	St Trond

Victories : 64
Awards : Ehrenpokal (12 June 1944)
                Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (13 June 1944)
                Ritterkreuz (27 July 1944)
                Eichenlaub (12 March 1945)
Units : NJG 2