- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer III./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"
- Awarded on:
- November 12th, 1943
Awarded for his total of ~300 sorties flown on the Eastern front, during which time he sunk a minesweeper and a submarine in the Gulf of Finland among other materiel successes.