Date of birth:

September 27th, 1918 (Berlin, Germany)

Date of death:

December 24th, 1944 (near Liège/Belgium)

Nationality:

German

01.11.1937: 5. Offizier-Erg.Jahrgang
01.11.1938: promoted to Fähnrich
01.08.1939: promoted to Leutnant
01.09.1939: RDA as Leutnant, Erg.Jagd-Staffel 2
07.12.1939: Ob.d.L., RLM pool
17.05.1940: Leutnant, 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, first victory was a Lysander at Mons
18.05.1940: Leutnant, 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 2nd, a Morane 406 at Cambrai
01.06.1940: Leutnant, 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 3rd, a Hurricane at Dunkirk
02.06.1940: Leutnant, 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 4th, a Hurricane 20 km North East of Dunkirk
31.08.1940: Leutnant, Staka, 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 5th, a Hurricane at Dungeness
06.09.1940: Leutnant, Staka, 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 6th, a Hurricane at Guildford
09.06.1941: Leutnant, Staka, 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 7th, a Blenheim at Kanalenge
23.07.1941: Leutnant, Staka, 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 8th, a Blenheim at Ostende
09.08.1941: Leutnant, Staka, 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 9th, a Spitfire flown by Douglas Bader or "Buck" Casson, Kdr of RAF Squadron 616 South of St Omer France
04.04.1942: Oberleutnant, Staka, 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 10th, a Spitfire North North West of Calais
12.04.1942: Oberleutnant, Staka, 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26, 11th, a Spitfire over Calais
04.05.1942: Schiessschule Grove
05.05.1942-15.05.1943: Olt., Staka, 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 5
15.05.1943: Schiesschule Grove, Denmark
00.10.1942: Oblt., Staka, 1. Staffel, JG 5, victory
01.04.1943: I./ JG 5, promoted to Hauptmann
30.11.1943: demoted from Oberleutnant to Flieger for damaging an aircraft during an unauthorized flight
11.02.1944: Flieger, Sturmstaffel 1, double victory, 17th and 18th, two B-17s (n.l.) by Heidelberg and in Pfälzer Wald
23.03.1944: Flieger, Sturmstaffel 1, 19th, a B-17 South East of Hamm
09.04.1944: Flieger, Sturmstaffel 1, 20th, a B-24, no location
18.04.1944: Gefreiter, Sturmstaffel 1, 21st, a B-17 over Nauen - North Havelsee
29.04.1944: Feldwebel, Sturmstaffel 1, 22nd and 23rd, two B-17s, location unknown
29.07.1944: Feldwebel, 10. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3 'Udet', 24th, a P-51, location unknown
17.12.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 13. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3 'Udet', 25th, a P-47 at Aachen-Kerpen
18.12.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 13. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3 'Udet', 26th, a P-51 South West of Köln
24.12.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 13. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3 'Udet', 27th and 28th, downed two Typhoons in the Ardennes sector then KIA in Fw 190A-9 Werknummer 205.265 coded "< O +" or "White 6" during aerial combat with a RAF Tempest in the Luttich/Liege area
Pilot credited with about 28 victories: 11 victories in JG-26, 6 with JG-5, 7 with Sturmstaffel 1 and 5 with JG-3

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