- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 8. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- December 3rd, 1940
Awarded for his success in air raids against Great Britain. From the late summer of 1940 he flew a number of difficult lone bombing attacks. One of the most successful such missions was on the 21.10.1940, when he and his crew destroyed a large workshop of an aircraft engine factory in Leyland (near Liverpool).