Date of birth:

November 22nd, 1914 (Graz/Styria, Austria (Austria-Hungary))

Date of death:

September 12th, 1948 (Starnberg, Germany)

Nationality:

Austrian

Flew a total of 299 combat missions.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann

Unit:

I./ Kampf-Geschwader 27

Awarded on:

July 27th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

I./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"

Awarded on:

December 30th, 1942

Werlin was awarded the Knight's Cross after flying 299 combat missions in the skies over England and the southern Soviet Union, and claiming the following material successes...

- 2 tankers (20,000 GRT)
- 3 ships damaged
- 40 aircraft destroyed on the ground
- ~150 vehicles

• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.