Date of birth:

July 22nd, 1918

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

01.09.1939: RDA as Leutnant
17.10.1940: transferred to ZG 76 as a pilot
26.11.1940: transferred to 9./ ZG 76
27.06.1941: transferred to 6./ SKG 210
10.04.1942: appointed provisional Offz.z.b.V. of 6./ ZG1 due to unit renaming
24.04.1942: Oberleutnant, awarded DKiG, II./ ZG 1
01.06.1942-09.06.1942: Oberleutnant, appointed Staka of 6./ ZG1
09.06.1942: Oberleutnant in 6./ ZG 1, WIA - Bf 110 E-1 Werknummer 3830 coded 'S9+IP' damaged in combat 3 km South of Sheyno (Kharkov-Belgorod area)
18.07.1942-05.08.1942: temporary duty detached to RLM L.In. 3
15.02.1943: appointed Staka 6./ SKG 10
12.06.1943: Oberleutnant, Staka 6./ SKG 10
17.09.1943-18.10.1943: appointed Kdr. IV./ SKG 10
15.10.1943: appointment as Kdr. II./ SKG 10 cancelled
16.12.1943-08.05.1945: appointed provisional Kdr. II./ SG 10
15.05.1944: Hauptmann, awarded Ehrenpokal
01.12.1944: promoted to Major
Pilot credited with 2 victories.

1950: entered the Bundeswehr and retired as Oberst der Luftwaffe

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
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  - Schnellkampfgeschwader