Date of birth:

December 26th, 1916 (Rödelmaier/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

September 30th, 1942 (Siversky/Russian SFSR, USSR)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
01.10.1937: Gefreiter;
01.10.1938: Obergefreiter;
05.09.1938: zum Unteroffiziersanwärter ernannt;
01.03.1939: Unteroffizier;
01.12.1941: Feldwebel;
01.08.1942: Oberfeldwebel.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 7th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 28th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 17th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 12th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

January 26th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer

Awarded on:

March 9th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 17th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

4./Kampf-Geschwader 1

Awarded on:

May 18th, 1942

According to the Personalakte the awarding date is 25-5-1942.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 13th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer 4./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"

Awarded on:

November 25th, 1942

Awarded for his successes on the northern sector of the Eastern front. Here he flew a total of 351 sorties, destroying countless enemy materiel including 3 freighters on Lake Ladoga. But his most remarkable achievement was flying 350 sorties in the space of just 15 months, a feat unique to the entire bomber arm and clear evidence of his devotion to duty.

Awarded posthumously.

• - 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.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.