Date of birth:

July 7th, 1920 (Eidinghausen, Bad Oeynhausen, Minden)

Date of death:

March 23rd, 2006

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
?: Major (Bundeswehr);
?: Generalleutnant.

Career:
00.11.1941-00.00.1942: 10.(Jabo)/ Jagdgeschwader 2
15.01.1943: Leutnant, Erprobungsstelle Rechlin transferred to III./ SKG 10
00.02.1943: Technical Officer, III./ Schnellkampfgeschwader 10
10.04.1943: Lt., III./ SKG 10, unhurt - Fw 190 A-5 belly-landed 8 km South West of
Mateur after combat
14.05.1943-12.06.1943: Lt., Techn.Offz. III./ SKG 10
20.06.1943: on leave in Germany
26.07.1943: Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal
00.00.1943: III./ Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 renamed III./ S.G. 4
00.00.1943-00.00.1944: Lt., in III./ SG 4
20.03.1944: Lt., III./ SG 4 awarded the DKiG
06.06.1944: Lt., III./ SG 4 slightly WIA - Fw 190 A-7 shot up by fighters near
Bretigny during a ferry flight over Normandy
00.00.1956: Oberleutnant, entered the renewed Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)
01.10.1963-31.12.1965: Major, Kommodore, Jagdbombergeschwader 35 (Bundeswehr)
31.12.1965-00.02.1968: Kommodore, Leichtes Kampfgeschwader 41
00.00.1969-30.09.1971: Brigadegeneral, Systembeauftrager MRCA/Tornado
01.10.1971-30.09.1972: Generalmajor, Kdr., 3. Luftwaffendivision, Münster
01.10.1972-30.09.1973: Generalmajor, Chef des Stabes, 4th allied tactical Air Force, 4. ATAF, Heidelberg
01.04.1974-30.09.1978: Generalleutnant, Inspekteur, Führungsstab der Luftwaffe.

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• Photo 1:
• - Die Inspekteure
  - Jagdbombergeschwader 35 (1959)
  - Leichtes Kampfgeschwader 41 (1966)
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