Date of birth:

September 14th, 1919 (Steinpleiß/Werdau, Germany)

Date of death:

May 12th, 1944 (Verne-Enkhausen, near Salzkotten/Paderborn, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

00.09.1941: Leutnant der Rerseve with Luftkriegsschule 2 (Berlin-Gatow)
00.12.1941: Leutnant d.R., transferred to 3./ JG 1
00.00.1942-00.11.1942: Oberleutnant der Reserve, Staka, 1./ JG 1
26.02.1943: Oblt.d.R., Stab, I./ JG 1
17.04.1943-12.05.1944: Staka, 4./ JG 11
01.05.1943: Oblt.d.R changed to Oberleutnant (Kr.O) - RDA 01.08.1942
11.06.1943: Oblt., 4./ JG 11
27.09.1943: Oblt., 4./ JG 11
26.11.1943: Oblt., 4./ JG 11 awarded the Ehrenpokal?
11.01.1944: Oblt., 4./ JG 11
20.03.1944: Oblt., awarded the DKiG, 4./ JG 11
01.05.1944: promoted to Hauptmann DAL/A1
12.05.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 4./ JG 11, KIA - Bf 109 G-6 coded 'White 14 + -' shot down by U.S. P-47 fighters south of Paderborn or over Salzkotten, near Lippstadt and crashed Verne-Enkhausen, 4 km NW of Salzkotten, 14 km
WSW of Paderborn
13.05.1944: buried at Salzkotten
27.07.1944: awarded the Ritterkreuz posthumously
Credited with 20 air victories

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• - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - TITLE