Date of birth:

March 14th, 1904 (Posen, Germany)

Date of death:

May 24th, 1983 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Flew a total of 109 bomber sorties and 39 night-fighter sorties. In the latter capacity he had no successes. On the other hand he and his crew shot down 4 enemy aircraft from their bomber.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 27th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 11th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major (Squadron Leader)

Unit:

III./Kampfgeschwader 26

Awarded on:

October 17th, 1941

Awarded after flying 107 bomber sorties. In this time he particularly distinguished himself during the Norwegian campaign, where he personally sank a destroyer and a 3000 GRT merchant vessel. He also damaged another destroyer and a cruiser. Later, on the Eastern front, he would achieve another major success by destroying a large enemy munitions dump near Kaluga.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.