Date of birth:

February 13th, 1912 (Altona (Holstein), Germany)

Date of death:

September 26th, 1942 (Kursk, Soviet Union)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Flew a total of about 300 sorties with the Ju 87.

01.04.1937: Oberfähnrich, II./ St.G. 162, promoted to Leutnant RDA 01.04.1936
00.00.1937: began Stuka training
00.00.1940: Staka 9./ St.G. 2
22.06.1941: Hauptmann, awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 9./ St.G. 2
24.09.1941-30.09.1941: Hptm., acting Kdr., III./ St.G. 2, WIA - Ju 87 D-3 coded 'T6+AT' hit by ground fire
24.09.1942: severely WIA 1 km North East of Olkhovatka
26.09.1942: DOW in hospital after being severely wounded two days earlier
07.10.1942: Hptm., posthumously awarded DKiG, 6./ St.G. 2
Credited with 300 missions

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, Stukageschwader 2 "Immelmann"

Awarded on:

June 24th, 1941

Awarded for both his own mission count of 100 sorties as well as the successes of his Staffel during the Balkan campaign. He was able to disrupt the rail connection Greece-Yugoslavia by scoring direct hits on the railway installations at Kumarovo and Gradsko. His Staffel also had great success against shipping, sinking 43500 GRT and damaging a further 41500 GRT.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

6. Staffel, Stuka-Geschwader 2

Awarded on:

October 7th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
  - SCHERZER, V., Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945, Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag, Jena, 2005.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht