Date of birth:

September 24th, 1917 (Lenzen/Elbing, Germany)

Date of death:

November 18th, 1943 (Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Flew a total of 320 combat missions as a bomber pilot and several more as part of the Wilde Sau night fighter units.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant

Unit:

III./Kampf-Geschwader 30

Awarded on:

January 22nd, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

III./Kampfgeschwader 30

Awarded on:

January 22nd, 1943

Awarded for his successes as a bomber pilot, which included...

1. Raids on England from 1940-1942, during which he damaged the armaments factory in Grantham with a direct hit.
2. Operations against allied arctic convoys and the port of Murmansk.
3. Successes in the Mediterranean theatre, including the destruction of two allied troop transports in the port of Bône, Tunisia.

• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - SCHERZER, V., Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945, Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag, Jena, 2005.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.