Date of birth:

September 20th, 1905 (Bad Reichenhall/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

August 20th, 1992 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
November 1st, 1926: Leutnant (Landespolizei);
November 1st, 1930: Oberleutnant (Landespolizei);
October 1st, 1934: Oberleutnant (Luftwaffe);
April 1st, 1935: Hauptmann;
December 1st, 1938: Major;
July 19th, 1940: Oberstleutnant;
April 1st, 1942: Oberst;
August 1st, 1944: Generalmajor.

Career:
May 24th, 1924: Kompanieoffizier/Zugführer, Bayerischen Landespolizei;
April 1931 - September 1934: Luftpolizei, Fürth;
?: Flugzeugführerausbildung;
?: Flugüberwachung Bayern Nord;
October 1st, 1934 - maart 1935: Kampffliegerschule. Lechfeld;
April - July 195: Fliegerschule Schiessheim;
August 1935 - March 1936: Lehrgangsleiter, Fliegerschule Schiessheim;
March 7th, 1936: Adjutant, Jagdgeschwader 134 "Horst Wessel";
March 1937: Gruppenkommandeur, Jagdgeschwader 234;
September 1938 - July 16th, 1939: Kommandeur, Jagdgeschwader 88;
July 1939: Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1;
April 15th, 1940: Kommandeur, Zerstörergeschwader 76;
? - July 1941: Jagdfliegerführer Nordnorwegen;
August 1941: Kommandeur, Zerstörerschule 2, Memmingen;
August 20th, 1942: Jagdfliegerführer Holland-Ruhrgebiet;
November 11th, 1943: Kommandeur, 3. Jagddivision;
April 5th, 1945: Kommandeur, 1. Jagddivision;
April 29th, 1945: Kommandeur, 15. Flieger-Division;
June 20th, 1945 - May 17th, 1948: British POW.

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