Date of birth:

February 1st, 1918 (Ulm, Germany)

Date of death:

April 24th, 1944 (Rain am Lech, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Achieved a total of 67 aerial victories, including 55 in the East and at least 2 four-engined bombers.

W.B.K. Ulm/Donau
07.11.1938: entered the military
00.07.1941: assigned to 6./ JG 3
08.04.1942: Bf 109 F-4 crashed on landing at Martuba due to landing gear failure
27.05.1942: Uffz., with 6./ JG 3
09.08.1942: Uffz., in 2./ JG 3
06.09.1942: Uffz., 2./ JG 3
29.10.1942: Uffz., awarded DKiG, 3./ JG 3
29.10.1942: Uffz., awarded Ritterkreuz, 6./ JG 3
17.08.1943: Leutnant, 6./ JG 3 lost Bf 109 G-6 coded 'Yellow 3' force landed at Wengerohr due to combat damage from a B-17
16.09.1943: Lt., 3./ JG 3, WIA - Bf 109 G-6/U4 belly-landed at Mehr, 10 km NW of Wesel
09.03.1944-24.04.1944: Lt., 3./ JG 3, appointed Staka 1./ JG 3
13.04.1944: Lt., Stafü 1./ JG 3, unhurt - Bf 109 G crashed near Genthin - bailed out
18.04.1944: Lt., Stafü 1./ JG 3, unhurt - Bf 109 G belly-landed near Lüneburg
19.04.1944: Lt., 1./ JG 3
24.04.1944: Lt., Stafü 1./ JG 3, KIA – Bf 109 G-5 coded 'White 15 +' out of gas, force-landed in an open field near Bayerdilling "Pessenburgheim" after claiming a P-51 Mustang and strafed on the ground
Credited with 58 (at least 67?) air victories

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• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - SCHERZER, V., Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945, Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag, Jena, 2005.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht