Date of birth:

January 13th, 1919 (Vienna, Austria)

Date of death:

January 11th, 1944 (Elbingerode (Harz), Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

1938: entered the Luftwaffe
Fall 1940: transferred to 2./ KG 2 'Holzhammer'
04.1941: with I./ KG 2
1942: Oberleutnant, Staka 3./ KG 2
05.01.1942: awarded Ehrenpokal
21.08.1942: Oberleutnant, awarded DKG, 2./ KG 2
08.1942: took part in actions against the Allied Dieppe landing in France
24.09.1942 Oberleutnant, awarded Ritterkreuz on completion of 186 combat missions with I./ KG 2 'Holzhammer'
End 1942: appointed Staka 4./ Kampf-Geschwader 40
1943: retrained as a Zerstörerflieger
07.04.1943: appointed Staka 2./ Zerstörer-Geschwader 1
06.1943: appointed Staka 14./ KG 2 'Holzhammer'
13.10.1943: Oberleutnant, appointed Staka 2./ ZG 26 'Horst Wessel'
11.01.1944: Oberleutnant and Staka 2./ ZG 26, KIA when his Bf110 G-2 Werknummer 120074 and coded '3U+Black 8' was shot down near Elbingerode/Harz by US P-51 Mustangs escorting B-17s; his R/O-Gunner, Feldwebel Wilhelm Krebs was also KIA
Pilot credited with 250 combat missions and probably ca.15 air victories

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