Date of birth:

October 24th, 1915 (Berlin-Lichtenberg, Germany)

Date of death:

January 29th, 1945 (south of Bütow (Pomerania), Bytow Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Oberfeldwebel, flew a total of 537 sorties, during which he destroyed the following enemy materiel :

- 40 tanks
- 25 bridges
- 1 supply ship near Crete
- 1 British cruiser near Benghazi (damaged)

01.10.1934: enlisted with the Heer
00.00.1935: entered the Luftwaffe
01.04.1938-03.09.1939: trained as a pilot, Stuka-Schule Kitzingen
00.04.1939: Uffz., 5./ StG. 1
Polish campaign , the France campaign, Malta and Africa
22.06.1941-04.10.1943: 5./ StG.1
05.10.1943-30.11.1943: flew 55 combat missions with 10.(Pz.)/ SG 77, in Ju 87G-1
01.12.1943-27.06.1944: instructor, 4.(Pz.)/ SG 152 and 5. and 6./ SG 151
28.06.1944-03.01.1945: 10.(Pz.) Staffel, SG 1
03.01.1945: 2.(Pz.)/ SG 9
29.01.1945: on a transfer flight his Ju 87 G-1 encountered bad weather south of Bütow, force landed ditched and rolled over killing the pilot : the Bordfunker and another passenger were rescued WIA

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