Date of birth:

February 14th, 1918 (Vienna/Lower Austria, Austria (Austria-Hungary))

Date of death:

August 25th, 2000 (Hohenweiler/Voralberg, Austria)

Nationality:

German

Participated in a total of 462 bomber sorties, including 65 over Britain as a gunner and 397 in the East as an observer.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier

Unit:

Beobachter

Awarded on:

March 30th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier

Unit:

6./Kampf-Geschwader 53

Awarded on:

August 21st, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

Beobachter 6./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"

Awarded on:

May 22nd, 1943

Awarded for his achievements as a bomber observer. He particularly distinguished himself while serving under the pilot Fritz Will, contributing greatly to his successes which included the following enemy materiel destroyed...

- 12 tanks
- 12 locomotives
- 360 freight cars
- 9 aircraft on the ground

• Photo 1: Theo Frauchiger
• - 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.
  - Luftwaffe Officer Career