• Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger

Date of birth:

June 30th, 1911 (Vienna/Lower Austria, Austria (Austria-Hungary))

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

3rd March 1937: Staka 5. / Jagdgeschwader 134 (until October 1938)
1940: Hauptmann, Staka Zerstörerschule 1
11th August 1940: Hauptmann, Staka I. / Zerstörergeschwader 26
November 1940: Hauptmann, Kommandeur I. / Zerstörerschule 1 (until August 1941)
July 1941: Kommandeur Ergänzungs Gruppe / Zerstörergeschwader 76 (until September 1941) or Zerstörergruppe 26 (until October 1941)
20th august 1942: Kommandeur Zerstörerschule 2 (until 19th March 1943)
20th March 1943: Kommodore Zerstörergeschwader 101 (until 14th January 1944)
February 1944: Kommandeur III. / Zerstörergeschwader 26 (until June 1944)
June 1944: Major, Kommodore Zerstörergeschwader 26 (until 7th September 1944)
7th September 1944: Kommodore Jagdgeschwader 6
1st January 1945: POW as Kommodore Jagdgeschwader 6. His Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-9 was shot down by Anti-aircraft fire Northwest of Venlo during Operation Bodenplatte.

Promotions:
1940: Hauptmann
1st April 1942: Major
1st December 1944: Oberstleutnant

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