Date of birth:

February 23rd, 1914 (Königsberg, Prussia)

Date of death:

January 5th, 1945 (Kirchheimbolanden, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Also found under Gerhard Funck

00.00.1941: Oberleutnant, Staka 2./ KGr.z.b.V. 40
09.11.1942: Oberleutnant, pilot, awarded Ehrenpokal
01.01.1943: promoted to Hauptmann
20.03.1944: Hauptmann, awarded the DKiG, Transportgeschwader 3
05.07.1944: Hauptmann, III./ JG 11, 1st and only known victory
26.09.1944: Hauptmann, III./ JG 11 WIA - Fw 190 A-8 Werknummer 732.091 coded 'Black <3' crashed near Bocholt after air combat - bailed out
23.12.1944-05.01.1945: Hauptmann, Staka 9./ JG 11
05.01.1945: Hauptmann, Staka, 9./ JG 11, KIA - Fw 190 A-8 Werknummer 175.175 coded 'White 8 +I' shot down in air combat near Kirchheimbolanden, Drempt, Holland
Pilot credited with one victory

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.