Date of birth:

January 4th, 1922 (Steinbach-Hallenburg, Thuringia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

15.11.1939-08.01.1940: in 3./ Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 72
09.01.-03.08.1940: in Sch./ Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 43
04.08.-15.11.1940: in 2./ JFS 5
16.-31.11.1940: in 1./ Erg.JGr. Merseberg
01.12.1940-07.03.1941: in Erg.St./ JG 53
08.03.41-14.02.1943: in II./ JG 53
01.04.1941: promoted to Leutnant
07.05.1941: Leutnant, 6./JG 53
11.02.1942: Lt., 6./ JG 53 unhurt - Bf 109 F-4 (Yellow 7) lost in a take-offaccident at Comiso airfield
08.04.1942: Lt., 6./ JG 53 unhurt - shot down by AA vic Valetta - rescued by German seaplane
15.10.1942: appointed Adjutant in III./ JG 53
05.12.1942: Lt., II./ JG 53
02.01.1943: Lt., 1./ JG 53
15.02.-25.03.1943: transferred to I./ JG 53 and appointed Stafü of 1./ JG 53
12.07.1943: Lt., I./ JG 53 awarded the DKiG
25.03.1943: Lt., Staka 1./ JG 53, POW – in Bf 109 G-4 Werknummer 15073 "coded 'White 5' shot down by AA fire 3 km north of Béja in northern Tunisia and captured by the Americans
01.07.1943: promoted to Oberleutnant effective this date
01.08.1944: officially listed as MIA
Pilot credited with 16 victories

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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