Date of birth:

March 2nd, 1911 (Kassel/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)

Date of death:

June 24th, 1941 (Belarus, Soviet Union)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Flew a total of about 150 sorties, during which he achieved 26 aerial victories (including 12 in Spain).

Promotions:
Leutnant
October 01st, 1935: Oberleutnant
July 01st, 1938: Hauptmann
June 06th, 1939: Major
June 1941: Oberstleutnant (posthumously) - RDA 01.06.1941

Career:
April 01st, 1930: joined the Heer
1930: Flugzeugführer Ausbildung, Fliegerschule Lipezk
August 01st, 1934: transferre to the Luftwaffe
1934: Flugzeugführer, 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 135 and Adjutant, I. Gruppe
March 01st, 1935: Führer, 2. Staffel, JG 135
April 01st, 1937: Kapitän, 2. Staffel, JG 135
December 18th, 1937-September 02nd 1938: Kapitän, 1. Staffel, J/88, Legion Condor
September 1938: Stab, IV. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 132 „Richthofen" later renamed I./ JG 331 „Richthofen"
May 01st, 1939: Führer, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 77, Breslau-Schöngarten
September 18th, 1939-September 22nd, 1939: campaign in Poland
September 1939: Stab, Luftflotte 2
December 01st, 1939: Stab, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3
December 15th, 1939: Gruppenkommandeur, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 2
September 03rd, 1940: Kommodore, JG 2 „Richthofen" - Unternehmen „Adlerangriff"
October 22nd, 1940: Kommodore, JG 27 - Balkans
June 22nd, 1941: Bf 109 E-7 Werknummer 4.189 coded "<< +" damaged during combat over Grodno - bailed out over Kamenki, North East of Poland and captured by the Soviet - Soviet POW
June 24th, 1941-June 1941 28th,: executed by the NKVD

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• Photo 1: Tom MacNeill
• - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - SCHELLMANN Wolfgang