Nationality:

German

23.03.1942: Oberleutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
17.06.1942: Oberleutnant, awarded DKiG, Stab I./ KG 77
Stab II./ KG 6 awarded the Ritterkreuz - nominated by Stab I./ KG 77
11.08.1942: Oberleutnant, 1./ KG 6 unhurt? - when his Ju 88 A coded '3Z+DB' shot up by Beaufighter North-East of Hornsea
01.09.1942-22.04.1943: Oberleutnant, appointed Staka 1./ KG 6
01.04.1943: in I./ KG 6, promoted to Hauptmann
23.04.1943-04.07.1944: Hauptmann, appointed Staka 12./ KG 6
04.07.1944-24.03.1945: Hauptmann, appointed Kdr. II./ KG 6 then KG (J) 6
18.07.1944: Hauptmann in IV./ KG 6, appoin.edt acting Kdr. of II./ KG 6 eff. this date
24.07.1944-24.03.1945: Hauptmann and Kdr. II./ KG(J) 6
by this date had 173 operational sorties (Feindflüge) over Russia,21 over England and 3 over the Normandy invasion front
promoted to Major

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