Date of birth:

May 5th, 1908 (Stettin, Germany)

Date of death:

September 10th, 1990 (Kiel, Germany)

Nationality:

German

00.00.1929: pilot
00.00.1933-00.00.1937: flew with the Columbian airline SCADTA
00.05.1937-00.08.1939: began flying postal routes in South America for Lufthansa
00.09.1939: transferred to KGr.z.b.V. 108 flying Do 26
28.05.1940: Leutnant in 9./ KGr.z.b.V. 108 shot down in Do 26 V1 coded 'P5+AH' by RAF Hurricanes of 46 Sqdn. at Rombaksbotn Narvik, Norway and severely WIA
00.03.1941: became an instructor in BFS 1
00.04.1942-00.04.1943: transferred to LTSt. 222 flying supply missions with BV222s
00.07.1942-00.10.1943: Oblt., became the pilot of the BV 222 V5 coded 'X4+EH'
00.04.1943: transferred to Ep.Stelle Travemünde
00.10.1943: transferred to night fighters and assigned to I./ NJG 1
08.03.1944: Hptm., 2./ NJG 1
30/31.03.1944: Hptm., 2./ NJG 1
01.04.1944: Hptm., Staka 1./ NJG 1
22/23.04.1944: Hptm., 1./ NJG 1
19.08.1944: Hptm., 1./ NJG 1 awarded Ritterkreuz
23/24.08.1944: Hptm., 1./ NJG 1
23.09.1944: Hptm., 1./ NJG 1
06.11.1944: Hptm., Stab I./ NJG 1
01.01.1945: Hptm., awarded DKiG, 1./ NJG 1
01.02.1945: Hptm., Staka 1./ NJG 1 unhurt - He 219 A-0 coded 'G9+HH' ejected near Honnel
00.01.1945-00.05.1945: Hptm., Staka 1./ NJG 1
Credited with 259 combat missions including 109 in night fighters and 34 night victories. 30.09.64 retired from the Bundeswehr as an Obstlt.

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• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.