Date of birth:

December 23rd, 1915 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)

Date of death:

June 19th, 1942 (Castel-Benito airfield, Tripoli, Libya)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Tobruk
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German

Hauptmann, pilot credited with 36 air victories including 12 on the Eastern front killed in an accident at the Castel-Benito Aerodrome, near Tripoli, when his aircraft, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4, Werknummer 10.278 coded 'Black 1' hit a sand dune on takeoff

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• Photo: Capt Helmut Belser (1915-1942) - Find a Grave-gedenkplek
  
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