Date of birth:

May 4th, 1920 (Berlin-Stieglitz, Germany)

Date of death:

December 24th, 1944 (near Kassel, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 300, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

November 18th, 1944

Awarded after achieving 31 aerial victories, a total which included 14 night victories while serving as a Wilde-Sau single-engined night fighter pilot.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 300, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

1944

• Photo: Aces of the Luftwaffe
  - Willi Schumacher Collection (tunic)
• - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
  - Aces of the Luftwaffe