Date of birth:

May 1st, 1922 (Paderborn/Westphalia, Germany)

Date of death:

January 1993

Nationality:

German

00.00.1939: entered the Luftwaffe
00.03.1941: Stab, Jagdgeschwader 77 'Herz As'
01.07.1941: Leutnant, 8. Staffel, JG 77
26.07.1941: WIA with 6 weeks in hospital
22.05.1942: Lt., 8./ JG 77, Bf 109F-4/R1 Werknummer 13.250 force-landed at Petroskaja due to air combat damage - unhurt
10.09.1942: first known Soviet victory, two LaGG-3s
12.09.1942: Lt., 8./ JG 77, downed a LaGG-3 and an Il-2
12.12.1942-00.06.1944: Lt., Staka, 9./ JG 77
10.01.1943: Lt., 9./ JG 77
14.01.1943: Lt., 9./ JG 77
25.02.1943: downed a Kittyhawk
26.02.1943: Lt., 9./ JG 77, WIA - Bf 109 G-2 trop Werknummer 10.712 crash-landed at Matmata after damage in combat with a P-40
18.06.1943: 23rd victory, a B-25 in Sicily
24.06.1943: Lt., 9./ JG 77, 24th victory
01.07.1943: promoted to Oberleutnant
30.07.1943: Oblt., 9./ JG 77, 25th victory, a P 40E over Sardinia
28.08.1943: Stab, III./ JG 77, 26th, downed a P-40 29 km east of Iolesias
11.09.1943: Oblt., 9./ JG 77
04.04.1944: 27th & 28th victories, both B-24s in the Balkan Campaign
05.04.1944: Oblt., Staka, 9./ JG 77, WIA - Bf 109G-6 Werknummer 160.826 coded 'Yellow 1' shot down by return fire of a P-38J-10 of 429FS flown by Lt Robert C. Milliken between Ploieşti and Târgovişte in the Mamers area/Romania - arm broken
01.06.1944-06.07.1944: Oblt., Staka, 9./ JG 77, appointed Staka, 4./ JG 1
06.07.1944: Oblt., Staka, 4./ JG 1, 29th victory, a P-38 in the Argentan area and WIA – in Fw 190A-8 Werknummer 350.151 coded "White 231" shot down by P-38 near South of Vrigny 10 km South of Argentan
01.08.1944: promoted to Hauptmann, Staka, 7./ JG 52
00.01.1945-00.02.1945: Hptm., Kdr., I. Gruppe, JG 53
00.02.1945: Stab, III./ JG 53
00.04.1945-02.05.1945: Hptm., Kdr., III./ JG 53
Pilot credited with 36 victories - shot down about 15 times.

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