Date of birth:

August 22nd, 1921 (Ravolzhausen/Hanau, Germany)

Date of death:

December 3rd, 2015 (Freudenstadt)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
April 1942: Leutnant;
June 1st, 1943: Oberleutnant;
January 30th, 1945: Hauptmann;
?: Oberst (Bundeswehr);
October 1st, 1974: Brigadegeneral;
October 1st, 1975: Generalmajor;
April 1st, 1979: Generalleutnant.

Career:
April 1942: Adjutant, IV. Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1;
?: 2. Staffel, Lehrgeschwader 1;
February 16th, 1944: Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, Lehrgeschwader 1;
May 24th, 1944 - November 16th, 1944: Staffelkapitän, 6. Staffel, Lehrgeschwader 1;
1961 - 1963: Kommodore, Aufklärungsgeschwader 53 (Bundeswehr);
November 1st, 1963 - March 31st, 1966: Chef des Stabes, 5. Luftwaffendivision (Bundeswehr);
October 1st, 1974: Kommandeur, 1. Luftwaffendivision;
October 1st, 1976: Befehlshaber, Territorialkommando Nord (TerrKdo Nord);
April 1st, 1979: Stellvertretender Inspekteur der Luftwaffe;
September 30th, 1981: Retirement.

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• Photo: - Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
  
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Aufklärungsgeschwader 53 (1960)