Date of birth:

October 31st, 1915 (Falkenstein/Auerbach)

Date of death:

November 24th, 1978 (Nidda)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

01.10.1934: entered the Reichswehr
00.00.1936-00.00.1938: assigned to Pz.Rgt. 3
01.01.1940: transferred from Pz.Rgt. 25 to the Luftwaffe and began training as a Beobachter (observer) in Grosse KFS 2 and Navigationsschule Straussberg, then assigned to Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"
03.01.1941: transferred to JFS 1 for training
18.05.1941: transferred to Erg.St./ KGr. 100
29.08.1941: Feldwebel, transferred to 3./ KGr. 100
31.07.1942: achieved his 200th mission
24.08.1942: Oberfeldwebel, awarded the Ehrenpokal
23.11.1942: Ofw. in 3./ KG 100, awarded the DKiG
00.01.1943: flew supply missions into the Stalingrad pocket
29.09.1943: WIA by AA fire over Pokasnoj
08.10.1943: achieved his 400th mission
09.06.1944: Oberfeldwebel in 3./ KG 4, awarded the Ritterkreuz for completing 482 combat missions and taking part in many successful attacks on shipping, bridges, oil refineries, factories and supply centers
10.07.1944-10.10.1944: attended officer training at LKS 12
00.09.1944: sent to FFS A/B 9 and FFS A/B 116 for pilot training, but this was terminated due to the fuel crisis - sent to infantry leader's training instead
00.11.1944: transferred to le.Flak-Abt. 957
00.03.1945: Leutnant and special assignments officer in Stab, Flugzeugführerschule A 116, Göppingen
01.03.1945: promoted to Leutnant
16.05.1945: captured by the US troops
Ended war with a total of 486 to 526 combat missions

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