Date of birth:

March 13th, 1912 (Teschen/Silesia, Austrian-Hungarian Empire)

Date of death:

July 31st, 1968 (Ingolstadt/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

Austrian

Flew a total of 220 sorties during WWII.

00.09.1939: Oberleutnant, pilot in 5./ KG 26
09.10.1939: Oblt. in 3./ KG 30, Ju 88 A aircraft hit by AA fire and crashed at sea
along the Baltic coast near Kamp
21.08.1940-31.08.1940: Oblt., Staka 5./ KG 26
26.04.1942-00.11.1942: Hauptmann, Kdr. I./ KG 30
13.11.1942-26.07.1943: Hptm., Kdr. IV./ KG 30
01.12.1942: promoted to Major
19.09.1943-13.02.1944: Maj., Kdr. II./ Kampfbeobachterschule 1
12.02.1944-23.03.1945: Maj., Kdr. FFS A/B 14
00.00.1970: retired from the Bundeswehr as an Oberstleutnant

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 30

Awarded on:

March 19th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 30

Awarded on:

August 13th, 1942

Awarded for his own personal achievements as a pilot (having flown over 200 sorties) and his success as a Gruppe commander. His unit particularly distinguished itself in attacks against convoy PQ-17, playing a major role in its near annihilation.

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.