Date of birth:

November 10th, 1914 (Danzig-Langfuhr/Westprussia, Germany)

Date of death:

June 18th, 2005 (Arnsberg/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
?: Oberschütze (Heer);
1938: Fähnrich (Luftwaffe);
May 7th, 1939: Leutnant;
October 28th, 1940: Oberleutnant.

Career:
October 20th, 1936: Pionier-Bataillon 20;
1937: Fallschirmjäger Schule, Stendal;
1938: Luftwaffe;
May 7th, 1939: Zugführer 7. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1;
September 1st, 1940: Chef 1. / Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon;
February 21st, 1942: Chef 2. / Korps Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon;
November 5th, 1942 - 1947: POW.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberschütze (Private First Class/Chief Rifleman)

Unit:

Fallschirm-Infanterie-Kompanie

Awarded on:

December 18th, 1937

Nr. 338.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer, II. Zug, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

May 20th, 1940

Awarded for a wound received on May 10th, 1940, near Moerdijk, the Netherlands.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer, II. Zug, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

May 23rd, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer, II. Zug, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

May 23rd, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer, II. Zug, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

May 24th, 1940

Awarded for his actions at the Moerdijk road bridge on the first day of the German attack on Holland. Despite a shrapnel wound in the knee he and his troops managed to eliminate the Dutch bunker guarding the northern end of the road bridge and thus ensured its capture by the Germans.

Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis was presented on June 25th, 1940.
Fellgiebel and other sources mistakenly state the wrong unit, 5. / Falschirmjäger-Regiment 1 who had as Zugführer Hans-Georg Tiedjen.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Awarded on:

May 20th, 1941

• Photo 1: Mike Unglesbee
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1986.
  - Verleihungsurkunde Fallschirmschützenabzeichen
  - Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis RK
  - De Slag om de Grebbeberg
  - Vliegveld Valkenburg, mei 1940
  - Gliederungen und Stellenbesetzung