Date of birth:

January 1st, 1913 (Metz, Germany)

Date of death:

November 17th, 1992 (Kronburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German

His name is sometimes written "Poetter" in the reports
04.1931: entered the Heer - Artillery
1933: attended the officer course
07.03.1934: transferred to the Luftwaffe in Cottbus then in the Kampffliegerschule in Jüterbog
16.04.1935: appointed to the Fliegergruppe 'Finsterwalde'
03.1937: Staffelkapitän in the Kampfgeschwader 255 in Memmingen (renamed KG 51 in 1940)
08.1939: promoted to Hauptmann
10.05.1940: Hptm., chef 7./ KG 51 WIA - He 111 H damaged in combat with French fighter ivo Lyon-Bron
11.1940: promoted to Major - Ergänzungskampfgeschwader 4 (Ju 88)
2304.1941-05.1942: chef 1./ Kampfgeschwader 77
25.10.1941: His Ju 88A-5 Werknummer 3258 coded '3Z + AB' shot down by Russian fighter near Raguj - succeeded in returning to the German lines, where he is hospitalized for some time
05.1942: appointed to the Luftwaffe training school as Gruppenleiter, then Abteilungschef
12.1942: appointed to the Luftwaffe staff
10.1943: promoted to Oberstleutnant
06.1944: in the Führerreserve
26.08.1944: appointed as instructor to the Luftkriegsakademie
Spring 1945: appointed to the 2. Jagd-Division
1955: joined the Bundeswehr
01.01.1959-30.09.1961: Kommandeur, Flugzeugführerschule 'S'
03.1971: retired as Oberst

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• - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.