Date of birth:

September 7th, 1915

Date of death:

January 17th, 1943 (12km South East of Velikiye-Luki)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

21.05.1940: 3./ JG-51, 1st victory, a Morane 406 at Abbeville
04.07.1940: 3./ JG-51, 2nd, a Hudson 80 km North North West of Texel
31.08.1940: 3./ JG-51, Bf 109E-4 Werknummer 4837, uninjured in a mid-air collision with Heinz zur Lage
08.09.1940: 3./ JG-51, 3rd, a Blenheim over the English Channel
11.11.1940: 3./ JG-51, 4th, a Hurricane 10 km North East of Margate
18.03.1941: I./ JG-51, 5th, a Hurricane 5 km south of Lewes
17.01.1943: Hauptmann, KIA when Fw 190A-3 Werknummer 0443 coded "White 7" collided with Fw 190A-2 Werknummer 2156 flown by Gottfried Nordmann - crashed 12km South East of Velikiye-Luki

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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