Date of birth:

January 12th, 1913 (Breslau/Silesia, German Empire)

Date of death:

October 20th, 1941 (Slotmerdijk, Netherlands)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn
Plot: CW. Row: 6. Grave: 143.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

01.10.1932: joined the police
01.08.1935: transferred from the Polizei to the Luftwaffe
01.04.1936: promoted to Leutnant
15.03.1937: transferred to IV./ KG 153
00.00.1936-00.00.1939: served with 1. Staffel, K / 88 of the Condor Legion
01.08.1938: promoted to Oberleutnant
00.06.1939: awarded Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern
01.07.1939: Oblt., transferred from I. Gruppe of K/88 'Legion Condor' to KG 2
00.09.1939: with 6./ KG 2
08.03.1940-20.10.1941: Oblt., Staka 6./ KG 2
14.05.1940: Oblt. and Staka 6./ KG 2, unhurt - Do 17 Z, hit by Anti-Aircraft fire South of Vouziers and made emergency landing near Neufchâteau, France
15.06.1940: Oblt. in 6./ KG 2, his Do 17 Z damaged by Anti-Aircraft South of Sedan, unhurt
29/30.11.1940: Oblt., 6./ KG 2, unhurt? - Do 17 Z crash-landed near Merville airfield
26.02.1941: awarded Ehrenpokal
19.04.1941: Oblt., 6./ KG 2 unhurt, Do 17 Z shot up by ground fire near Lamia
16.05.1941: Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 6./ KG 2
01.08.1941: promoted to Hauptmann
20/21.10.1941: Hptm., 6./ KG 2, KIA – in Do 217 E-2 coded 'U5+AP' crashed near
Slotermerdijk, 7 km North North East of Amsterdam-Schiphol while on approach to land at Sloterdijkmeerweg on return from a night mission to Liverpool after losing an engine
00.10.1941: posthumously promoted to Major
Credited with over 130 missions

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Awarded on:

1939

Period:

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Period:

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

1. Staffel, Kampfgruppe 88, Legion Condor

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 26th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 2 "Holzhammer", Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

May 16th, 1941

Awarded after flying about 100 sorties. He was recognized primarily for the achievements of his Staffel in the Balkans campaign. In total his unit destroyed 24 enemy aircraft on the ground and 4 more in the air. It also achieved noteworthy success while flying low-level strikes against British columns in the Larissa area and against merchant vessels east of Lamia on the 19.04.1941.

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Crash Site Dornier Do 217K-2 Werkenr. 1139

Amsterdam - North Holland