Date of birth:

February 7th, 1912 (Sparsee, Neustettin/Pomerania, Germany)

Date of death:

December 22nd, 1981 (Hamburg/Hamburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Flew approximately 500 ground attack sorties in WWII. In this time he destroyed (among other things) the following enemy materiel...

- A 5000 GRT supply ship
- 32 tanks
- 3 armoured trains
- 3 important bridges

01.10.1931: Funker, 1. Kompanie, Nachrichten-Abteilung 2, Stettin
00.00.1935: moved to the Luftwaffe
06.04.1936: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier, L.K.S. Berlin-Gatow
15.06.1938: II. Gruppe, Stuka-Geschwader 163 - later renamed in III. Gruppe, Stuka-Geschwader 2
00.05.1940: WIA when shot down in Belgium with severe skull fracture
00.10.1940: back to his unit
00.08.1941-00. 06.1942: 9. Staffel, St.G. 2
00.09.1941: attack against the harbour of Kronstadt
15.06.1942: Staffelkapitän, 5. Staffel, St.G. 2
10.07.1942-00.12.1942: Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, St.G 2 "Immelmann"
00.00.1943: unfit for service as pilot due to his skull fracture
00.00.1944-00.00.1945: Major, Taktiklehrer and Inspektionschef, Luftkriegsschule 9
00.00.1950: commissioned as captain (Kapitänspatente A 4 and C 1)

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
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  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - Luftwaffe Officer Career