Date of birth:

February 17th, 1918 (Rawitsch/Posen, Germany)

Date of death:

October 8th, 1941 (over the Isthmus of Perekop/Ukrain, Soviet Union)

Nationality:

German

10.07.1939: Leutnant, RLM/Ob.d.L. pool
01.08.1939: Leutnant, I./ JG 1 transferred to JFS Schleissheim
00.09.1939: with 6.(J)/ Tr.Gr. 186
06.11.1939: Leutnant, I./ JG 1 transferred to I./ JG 20
13.03.1940: Leutnant, with 4./ JG 2
01.08.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant
19.04.1941-08.10.1941: Oberleutnant, appointed Staka 9./ JG 77
26.06.1941: Oblt., 9./ JG 77, uninjured in a take-off accident at Bacau - Bf 109 F-4
21.09.1941: Oblt., Staka, 9./ JG 77, unhurt? - Bf 109 F-4 coded 'Yellow 1' bailed safely after a collision with a Soviet fighter near Weselkoje
08.10.1941: Oblt., 9./ JG 77 KIA – Bf 109 F-4 coded 'Yellow 1' in a mid-air collision
with his wingman Feldwebel Robert Helmer (DKiG) over the Perekop Isthmus and crashed near Armyansk
03.05.1942: Oblt., posthumously awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 9./ JG 77
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA
Pilot credited with over 300 combat missions and 39 air victories

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