Date of birth:

November 17th, 1913 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

August 19th, 1993 (Köln/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

00.00.1940: III. Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 26 'Horst Wessel'
30.01.1941: Oblt., Adjutant, III./ ZG 26
00.02.1941: Oblt., Staka, 8. Staffel, ZG 26
17.06.1941: Oblt., 8./ ZG 26
09.08.1941: Oblt., Staka, 8./ ZG 26
15.11.1941: Oblt., III./ ZG 26, WIA with injuries in the face - Bf 110 E-2 coded '3U+DS' crash landed on a dry lake bed but rescued immediately by another Bf 110
11.01.1943-19.03.1943: Hauptmann, Kdr., Zerstörerschule 2
20.03.1943-01.07.1943: Hptm., Kdr., I./ ZG 101
19.06.1943-11.02.1944: Hptm., provisional Kdr., III./ ZG 26
08.10.1943: Hptm., Stab, III./ ZG 26
05.03.1944: WIA and hospitalized
01.05.1944: promoted to Major
11.08.1944-15.03.1945: Major, Kdr., II./ ZG 101
Pilot credited with 500 combat missions and 4 air victories
30.09.1964: retired from the Bundeswehr as an Oberstleutnant

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