Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 6th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 6th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 15th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 23rd, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 15th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier

Unit:

Flugzeugführer

Awarded on:

January 25th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

8. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

September 25th, 1942

According to the Wehrpass the awarding date is 1-10-1942.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 30th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 7th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 26th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, 10. Staffel, IV. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

April 17th, 1945

Awarded for his achievements as a pilot. By the end of the war he had flown 392 sorties, including 348 as a bomber pilot in the east. By the time he was sent away for officer training in the spring of 1943 he had destroyed the following enemy materiel…

- 200 trucks
- About 70 locomotives
- 16 tanks
- 4 ammunition trains
- 1 armoured train
- 8 bridges
- 2 ammunition dumps
- 25 aircraft (on the ground)
- 7 Soviet fighters in the air (4 J-17s, 2 J-18s and 1 MiG-3)
- 3 Soviet TB-3 four-engined bombers during a night sortie over Stalingrad
- 2 tankers, 2 steamers and 1 gunboat with a total tonnage of 18000 GRT

After transferring to the western front he went on to achieve 5 night victories as a single-engined night fighter, 2 B-17 bombers by day and 5 further night victories with conventional night-fighter units. His final total of aircraft destroyed by day and night eventually would reach 23.