Date of birth:

November 29th, 1917 (Oelsen/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

January 13th, 2008

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Flew a total of 400+ missions with the Ju 87, of which over 330 were in the East. His successes included the sinking of several enemy supply ships on the Dnieper as well as a further five freighters in the Black Sea.

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  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
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