Date of birth:

November 29th, 1914 (Leipzig, Germany)

Date of death:

November 8th, 1943 (Near Charleroi, France)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Champigny-St.-André
Plot: 6. Row: 9. Grave: 787.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

00.00.1936-00.00.1938: served with J/ 88 in the Condor Legion in Spain
15.07.1939: Oberleutnant, temporary duty from I./ JG 51 to 1./ JG 71 and appointed Staka
00.08.1939: Staka 11.(NJ)/ JG 71
01.09.1939-31.01.1940: II./ JG 52 and appointed Staka 4./ JG 52
08.11.1939: Oberleutnant, 4./ JG 52
01.02.1940: transferred to JG 51
14.05.1940: Oblt. and Staka 5./ JG 52 (probably confused with A-W
Schumann)
00.08.1940: transferred to I./ JG 51
11.11.1940: Staka 1./ JG 51
00.05.1941: with Stab I./ JG 51
15.09.1941: Oblt., awarded the Ehrenpokal
22.01.1942: Hauptmann, awarded DKiG, I./ JG 51
11.12.1942-16.04.1943: Staka 10./ JG 2
01.01.1943-17.05.1943: Hptm., Kdr., II./ SKG 10
18.03.1943: Hauptmann, awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 10./ JG 2
14.04. or 13.05.1943-24.09.1943: provisional Kdr., IV./ SKG 10
16.07.1943-18.10.1943: Kommodore SKG 10
01.08.1943: promoted to Major
24.09.1943: Maj., 3./ SG 77 provisional Kdr. IV./ SKG 10, transferred to Führerreserve RLM, Ob.d.L.
18.10.1943-08.11.1943: Maj., Kommodore SG 10
08.11.1943: Major, Kommodore SG 10, KIA – in Fw 190 G-3 shot down by Spitfires near Charleroi (other accounts state that this was an accidental crash near Arlon 23 km West North West of Luxembourg and no combat was involved - engine failure in fog while flying back from a conference in Berlin)
Credited with 21 air victories

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• - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 97)

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