Date of birth:

July 18th, 1921

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
?: Leutnant;
June 1st, 1943: Oberleutnant;
January 1st, 1945: Hauptmann.

Career:
1942: 6. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2;
June 1942: 4. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2;
1943: 2. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100;
August 1943: 1. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100;
April 1st, 1944: Staffelkapitän, 1. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2;

Air victories:
6. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2;
January 10th, 1942: Vickers Wellington Mk IC, Z1082, No. 304 (Land of Silesia) Squadron, Waddenzee near Terschelling, 22.00hrs;
4. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2:
June 26th, 1942: Short Stirling, probably Mk I, W7442 (BS-B), No. 1651 CU RAF, 00.57hrs;
July 27th, 1942: Handley Page Halifax, 01.10hrs;
1. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100
August 22nd, 1943: Ilyushin DB-3, 21.02hrs;
August 22nd, 1943: Lisunov PS-84 (Li-2), 22.01hrs;
October 4th, 1943: Lisunov PS-84 (Li-2), Provski, 18.58hrs;
October 4th, 1943: Lisunov PS-84 (Li-2), Kanevski, 20.07hrs;
October 6th, 1943: Lisunov PS-84 (Li-2), FErnikov, 21.22hrs;
October 12th, 1943: Ilyushin DB-3, east of Dabskovka, 17.59hrs;
October 13th, 1943: Soviet North American B-25, 20.37hrs;
Stab, I. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2:
May 25th, 1944: Handley Page Halifax MZ623, No. 76 Squadron, near Turnhout, 00.52hrs;
June 11th, 1944: Avro Lancaster, between Lisieux/Trouville, 01.42hrs;
June 25th, 1944: Avro Lancaster LM572, near Blangy-sur-Bresle, 00.12hrs;
1. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwder 2:
July 5th, 1944: 4 engine aircraft, southwest of Chartres, 01.41hrs;
July 5th, 1944: 4 engine aircraft, over the Bay of Seine, 02.06hrs;
July 26th, 1944: 4 engine aircraft, west of Gien, 00.38hrs.

Own aircraft:
?: 6. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, Messerschmitt Bf 110;
May 25th, 1944: Emergency landing as Bonn-Hangelar as Staffelkapitän 1. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, Junkers Ju88R-2 (4R+BH), with Feldwebel Willi Zorn and Unteroffizier Franz Jasiniecki.

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