Date of birth:

August 12th, 1920 (Silesia)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

W.B.K. Breslau II
00.00.1939: entered the Luftwaffe
00.00.1939-00.00.1940: training as a Navigations and Signals officer
01.01.1943: promoted to Leutnant, Flieger - RDA 01.01.1939
00.00.1943: transferred to 8./ KG 3 as an observer
00.00.1943: served as a Bordfunker in III./ KG 3
00.00.1943: Bordfunker, I./ NJG 7
03.01.1944: Leutnant, Beobachter, 7./ KG-3, bailed safely after being mistaken for an intruder during an illumination mission, Ju 88A-4 Werknummer 550.494 coded "5K + FR" was hit by German friendly Flak near Grossburgwedel about 20km North East of Hanover - Remaining crew :
-Ofw RKT Karl Haupt (o04.09.1916), Flugzeugführer, KIA
-Uffz Karl Heinz Geerlings, R/O, bailed safely
-Uffz Siegfried Rummel, Gnr, bailed safely
00.00.1944: trained as a pilot with FFS A 3
00.00.1944: transferred to FFS B 34
00.00.1944: appointed Adjutant, Stab, IV./ NJG 2
00.00.1945: transferred to JG 301

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