Date of birth:

January 2nd, 1914 (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Date of death:

December 12th, 1954 (Near Montabaur, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Flew a total of 205 sorties spanning all the major theatres of the war in Europe. These were counted as 235 front flights.

W.B.K. Hanau
31.08.1935-31.10.1935: joined the DLV, at Übungstelle Krefeld
01.11.1935-09.04.1936: joined the Luftwaffe., to 1./ Fl.Ers.Abt. Neukuhren
10.04.1936-15.10.1936: transferred to 1./ Aufkl.Gr. 111
16.10.1936-28.02.1937: transferred to Fl.Ers.Abt. 12
01.03.1937-04.08.1937: transferred to 2./ Fliegergruppe (S) Schleissheim
05.08.1937-30.11.1937: transferred to 2./ FFS Fürth
01.02.1938-31.10.1938: transferred to 1./ KG 254 for blind flying training
28.10.1938-24.12.1938: I./ KG 254 for Uffz training
01.11.1938-12.11.1938: transferred to 1./ KG 155
13.11.1938-31.03.1939: transferred to 2./ FFS Furth
01.04.1939-15.10.1939: transferred to 1./ KG 55
16.10.1939-20.03.1941: transferred to Erg.St./ KG 55
01.12.1940: promoted to Kriegsoffizier
01.01.1941: promoted to Oberfeldwebel
21.03.1941-04.11.1941: transferred to 10./ KG 55
10.04.1941: 7./ LG 2 - his Bf 110 E-3 was lost ivo Botevgrad/Bulgaria - cause and results unstated
01.06.1941: promoted to Leutnant (Kr.O.)
05.11.1941-30.04.1943: transferred to I./ KG 55
20.04.1942: awarded Ehrenpokal
07.05.1942-11.11.1942: WIA by shrapnel - sent to Hauptverbandsplatz Charkow
14.06.1942: Leutnant, Stab I./ KG 55 WIA when his He 11H-6 coded 'G1+DL' crash-landed near West edge of Kharkov airfield due to fighter and Anti-Aircraft damage
01.05.1943: appointed Tech.Offz. III./ LG 1
01.08.1943: promoted to Oberleutnant (Kr.O./Fl.)
12.08.1943-17.09.1943: at Reserve hospital at Bad Wiessee
15.10.1943: appointed Stafü, 8./ LG 1
20.11.1943-13.06.1944: Hauptmann, appointed Staka, 8./ LG 1
28.01.1944: Oberleutnant, awarded DKiG, III./ LG 1
00.02.1944-00.06.1944: appointed Staka, 13./ LG 1
01.04.1944: promoted to Hauptmann (Kr.O.)
22/23.05.1944: Hptm., Stab, II./ JG 300
15.06.1944: appointed Staka, 13.(K)/ LG 1
05.07.1944: appointed provisional Kdr. II./ LG 1
24.07.1944-04.05.1945: Major, appointed Kdr. II./ LG 1
01.04.1945: Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. II./ LG 1
12.12.1954: died in an auto accident near Montabauer/Westerwald
Credited with 235 combat missions.

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