Date of birth:

August 6th, 1917 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

January 4th, 1953 (Nuremberg/Bavaria,Germany)

Nationality:

German

26.09.1939: 1. Staffel, Kampfgeschader 51 'Edelweiss'
00.08.1940: 1./ KG 51
25.02.1941: Feldwebel, awarded the Ehrenpokal
03.05.1941: Feldwebel, 1. Staffel, KG 51, Luftflotte 4, WIA and British POW with Ju 88A-5 Werknummer 6327 coded "9K + LH" when attacked by British fighters during an air raid on shipping in Suda Bay, Crete - succeeded to bail out and reach their raft with his Radio-Operator Feldwebel Gustav Schreiber and by the British after 17 hours in the raft - later repatriated by German paratroops - remaining crew :
-Observer Hauptmann Dietrich Illgner, KIA
-Gunner, Unteroffizier Hans Conze, KIA
24.01.1942: Feldwebel, 1./ KG 51, awarded the Ritterkreuz for his success against enemy warships and shipping off England and in the Black Sea
00.05.1942: claimed to have heavily damaged a cruiser and sunk 65,000 GRT of shipping region Crimea
16.05.1942: reported MIA with Ju 88A-4 Werknummer 1104 coded "9K + MH" and WIA when attacked by Soviet fighters south of Tomarovka, near Nowoberetzki - other crew returned and his Radio-Operator Feldwebel Gustav Schreiber also WIA and sent to a Lazarett
00.06.1942: promoted to Leutnant
01.04.1943: promo to Oberleutnant - RDA 01.06.1941
00.00.1943: Stafü, 1. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 51 'Edelweiss'
09.01.1944: Olt, transferred to III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 6
30.01.1944-24.03.1944: Olt, Stafü, 9. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 6
24.03.1944-00.10.1944: Olt, Staka, 9./ KG 6
01.07.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
01.12.1944-00.01.1945: Hptm., Staka, 3./ Erg. KG (J)
00.03.1945-30.04.1945: Hptm., Staka, 10./ KG 76 and 9./ Erg. KG 1
00.05.1945: Hptm., Staka, IV. Gruppe, KG 76

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer

Awarded on:

February 25th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

1. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 51 'Edelweiss'

Awarded on:

May 1941

WIA 03.05.1941 + 16.05.1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, 1. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss", Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

January 24th, 1942

Awarded for his achievements as a bomber pilot on the western and eastern fronts. Notable successes included striking a direct hit on the assembly hall of an aircraft factory near Brockworth on the 31.10.1940 despite adverse weather conditions, and scoring two direct hits on a large transport in the Suda Bay (off the coast of Crete).

• Photo 1: Mieke de Wolf
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• Photo 3:
• - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
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