Date of birth:

July 15th, 1917 (Dresden/Saxonia, Germany)

Date of death:

July 18th, 2005 (Aachen/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Flew a total of approximately 250 sorties with the Ju 87.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant

Unit:

Stab / Stuka-Geschwader 2

Awarded on:

February 5th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Adjutant I./Stukageschwader 2 "Immelmann"

Awarded on:

June 24th, 1941

Awarded after flying about 150 ground attack sorties.

• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
• Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
• - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001