Date of birth:

January 10th, 1916 (Grimma/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

January 11th, 2002 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German

00.00.1936: entered the Luftwaffe and trained as a Schlachtflieger in the rank of Leutnant
16.08.1939: Lt., III./ St.G. 2
00.08.1939: I./ St.G. 76 (later I./St.G. 3)
00.07.1940: Oberleutnant in 3./ St.G. 3
00.04.1942: Oblt., Staka 3./ St.G. 3
09.02.1942: awarded Ehrenpokal
19.03.1942: Oblt., awarded DKiG
05.06.1942-11.11.1942: Oblt., acting Kdr. I./ St.G. 3
03.09.1942: Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr., I./ St.G. 3
01.11.1942: promoted to Hauptmann
11.11.1942: acting Kdr. I./ St.G.3 POW when Ju 87 D-3 coded 'S7+MB' was shot down by P-40 fighters of No.2 Sqdn. SAAF to the east of Hafaya Pass Soutn West of Sollum in Cyrenaica
01.08.1944: officially still listed as a POW or internee in a neutral country
00.02.1947: released from British captivity
Became a dentist in Munich after the war.

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