Date of birth:

March 10th, 1912 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)

Date of death:

July 21st, 1943 (Hill 191.6, south of Lomowez, Orel, USSR)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Grave: Plautino.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

00.09.1939: pilot in St.G. 2
16.02.1942: Oberfeldwebel, awarded the Ehrenpokal
19.03.1942: Ofw., awarded the DKiG, 9./ St.G. 2
18.11.1942: Leutnant (LKr.O.), Sturzkampffliegerschule 2 , transferred to III./ St.G. 2
10.05.1943: Leutnant and Staka 9./ St.G. 2, awarded the Ritterkreuz on completion of 500 combat missions
00.05.1943-00.07.1943: appointed Staka 7./ St.G. 2
21.07.1943: Oberleutnant, 7./ St.G. 2, KIA – when his Ju 87 D-5 coded 'T6+GR' was shot down by ground fire South of Lomovets near Orel
00.07.1943: Posthumously promoted to Oberleutnant - effective 01.07.1943
Pilot credited with over 500 missions - Buried originally near Plautino

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