Date of birth:

June 18th, 1917 (Köln)

Date of death:

December 26th, 1944 (over Bastogne)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

00.06.1940: Erg./ Jagdgeschwader 54
09.08.1942: 5./ JG-54, downed a Soviet Pe-2
21.08.1942: 5./ JG-54, downed a P-2 SW of Kaluga
06.10.1942: downed a Pe-2
15.01.1943: downed a Pe-2
23.02.1943: downed a R-5
19.03.1943: downed a Il-2
23.03.1943: downed a Yak-1
10.04.1943: a Pe-2 10 km SW of Kolodskoye
13.04.1943: a Pe-2
03.11.1943: an Il-2 W of Vyshgorod
22.11.1943: a Yak-7 W of Griletz
07.01.1944: an Il-2
15.01.1944: an Il-2
25.01.1944: a La-5
27.01.1944: a La-5
29.01.1944: two La-5s
07.06.1944: Oberfeldwebel, 8./ JG-1, made a "pancake" landing near Schätzung, NW of Pontoise
18.07.1944: his 32nd victory, a Spitfire near Caen
24.07.1944: his 33rd, a Spitfire near Caen
06.08.1944: a Lancaster
10.08.1944: a Typhoon 5 km W of Trun
25.12.1944: his 37th, and last victory, a P-51 over Bastogne
26.12.1944: Oberfeldwebel, 11./ JG-1, KIA with Bf 109G-14/AS Werknummer 784.141 coded "Black 11" over Bastogne in aerial combat with P-51s of the 352nd FG - his entire Schwarm of 4 aircrafts failed to return on this day
Pilot credited with 37 air victories

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  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
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