Date of birth:

November 25th, 1916 (Woltersdorf, Krs. Luckenwalde/Brandenburg/Kingdom of Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

June 25th, 1981 (Augsburg/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

00.10.1936: entered the Luftwaffe
00.00.1937-00.00.1939: training with Fl.Ers.Abt. 12 and at LKS Dresden
01.08.1939: promoted to Leutnant - RDA 01.09.39, FFS Alt Lönnewitz
10.11.1939: transferred from LKS Dresden to Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 53
00.00.1940: transferred to Erg.St./ KG 53 "Legion Condor"
01.10.1940: transferred to 2. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
22.04.1941: Lt., 2./ KG 53 "Legion Condor"
29.06.1941: 9./ KG 53 "Legion Condor", reported MIA with He 111 H-3 coded 'A1+CT' near Kalinikowitsch - later returned
16.02.1942: Oberleutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.03.1942: promoted to Hauptmann (194)
19.05.1942-01.03.1943: Hptm, Staka, 2./ KG 53
05.06.1942: Hptm., 2./ KG 53, awarded the DKiG
00.09.1942: flew his 300th combat mission
25.12.1942: Hptm, I./ KG 53, WIA when He 111 H-6 coded 'A1+LK' shot down by
fighters during a supply mission to Velikije Luki, crashing 15 km North West of Novo Sokolniki - remaining crew:
-Lt Wilhelm Döring, Beobachter, WIA
-Ofw Johannes Meyer, Bordfunker, WIA
-Fw Heinrich Wehrmann, Bordmechaniker, KIA, awarded the EP 25.05.1942 and DKiG
-Uffz Karl Paul, Bordschütze, WIA
00.00.1943: Hptm, IV./ KG 54
19.02.1943: Hptm., Staka, 2./ KG 53, awarded the Ritterkreuz while still in hospital for
the destruction of 17 transport trains, over 100 vehicles and taking part in damaging over 50 railway stations and yards
01.04.1943-14.06.1943: promoted to Hauptmann, Staka, 12./ KG 53 - due to being unfit for combat
15.06.1943-18.08.1944: Hptm., Staka, 11./ KG 53
00.02.1944: Hptm, Staka, 7./ JG 300
00.06.1944: transferred to Frontflieger-Sammelgruppe Quedlinburg
00.08.1944: volunteered for home defense fighters and conversion training with 2./ JG 102
20.11.1944: transferred to 3./ Erg.JGr. Nord
16.12.1944: transferred to 10./ Erg.JG 2
00.12.1944: Hptm., Erg.Staffel, Me 262
00.01.1945: 10./ Erg.JG 2
00.03.1945: 11./ JG 7
08.05.1945: captured at Neu-Ulm by the Americans
Pilot credited with 344 missions, including 18 as a fighter pilot

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