Date of birth:

June 12th, 1920 (Dieburg/Hesse, Germany)

Date of death:

December 22nd, 1944 (Czor Hungary)

Buried on:

German War Graves Pápa
Plot: B. Row: 4. Grave: 1.

Nationality:

German

00.00.1941: II. Gruppe, JG 52 on completion of training
00.06.1941: Feldwebel, 6. Staffel, JG 52
28.08.1942: Feldwebel, 6./ JG 52, 1 victory
30.10.1942: Oberfeldwebel, 6./ JG 52, 1 victory
00.00.1942: Oberfeldwebel, instructor, JFS
00.11.1942: Oberfeldwebel, Stab, II. Gruppe, JG 52, 1 victory
08.12.1942: Oberfeldwebel, 6./ JG 52, 1 victory
13.02.1943: Oberfeldwebel, Stab, II. Gruppe, JG 52, 1 victory
12.03.1943: Oberfeldwebel, Stab, II./ JG 52, 1 victory
20.04.1943: Oberfeldwebel, Stab, II./ JG 52, 1 victory
31.05.1943: Oberfeldwebel, Stab, II./ JG 52, 1 victory
06.06.1943: Oberfeldwebel, II./ JG 52, 1 victory
00.06.1943: promoted to Leutnant, RDA 01.01.1943
26.07.1943: Leutnant, Stab, II. Gruppe, JG 52 awarded the Ehrenpokal
30.08.1943: Leutnant, Stab, II./ JG 52 awarded the DKiG
01.09.1943-16.04.1944: Leutnant, appointed Staka, 4. Staffel, JG 52
22.10.1943: Lt., Staka, 4./ JG 52, 1 victory
30.11.1943: Lt., Staka, 4./ JG 52, 1 victory
02.12.1943: Lt., Staka, 4./ JG 52, 1 victory
12.01.1944: Lt., Staka, 4./ JG 52, 1 victory
10.02.1944: Lt., Staka, 4./ JG 52, 1 victory
01.03.1944: promoted to Oberleutnant
26.03.1944: Leutnant, Staffelführer, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52 awarded the Ritterkreuz
16.04.1944: Oberleutnant, Stafü, 4./ JG 52, severely WIA by shrapnel during a Russian raid on a Soviet airfield at Kap or Sebastopol-Chersonez and evacuated to a Lazarett
00.00.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
00.08.1944: Hauptmann, returned to II. Gruppe, JG 52
01.09.1944-22.12.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 5. Staffel, JG 52
24.09.1944: Hauptmann, Stab, II./ JG 52, 1 victory
18.10.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 5./ JG 52, 1 victory
02.11.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 5./ JG 52, 1 victory
23.11.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 5./ JG 52, 1 victory
00.11.1944: Hauptmann, possibily appointed Staka, 4./ JG 400
22.12.1944: Hauptmann, Staka, 4./ JG 52, KIA when Bf 109 G-6 Werknummer 442.036 coded 'Black 11 + -' flipped during take-off from Cśor in western Hungary after hitting a car on the runway and pilot burned to death

Achieved a total of (presumably) 157 aerial victories, all in the East and 350 missions

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