- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 3rd, 1943
Awarded after flying 300 bomber sorties. In this time he personally destroyed 64 locomotives, 96 trucks, 19 tanks, 32 artillery positions, 9 freight trains and 8 bridges. He also achieved great successes as a Staffelführer during 1943. Specializing in anti-train operations, the unit destroyed 216 locomotives in just two-and-a-half months (of which Fach was responsible for 44) and damaged a further 40.
Awarded posthumously.