Date of birth:

October 2nd, 1914 (Vienna, Austria)

Date of death:

November 26th, 1943 (Mediterranean Sea)

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

01.02.1934: entered the Austrian Bundesheer, serving as an Alpenjäger, soon transferring to the Fliegertruppe
00.00.1937: Leutnant in a Fliegerregiment
00.02.1938: Leutnant, Bombenstaffel Nr. 1, Austrian Air Force
00.03.1938: entered the Luftwaffe, eventually assigned to LKS Fürstenfeldbruck
00.02.1940: transferred to I. /KG 40
08.01.1941: seriously damaged a 10,000 GRT freighter 480 km North West of Donegal Bay, Ireland
09.01.1941: mentioned in dispatches
05.05.1941: Oberleutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
18.09.1941: Oberleutnant in I./ KG 40, awarded the Ritterkreuz for sinking 63,000 GRT of enemy shipping and severely damaging a further 32,000 GRT
01.11.1941: promoted to Hauptmann
00.00.1942: temporarily attached to technischeamt of the RLM as an expert about long range bombing
00.01.1942: Hauptmann, Kdr. Erprobungs-u.Lehr St. He 177
01.09.1943: Stab, Kdo. d.Erprobungsstellen d.Lw., promoted to Major RDA 01.01.1943
00.09.1943-26.11.1943: Major, Kdr. II./ KG 40
26.11.1943: Major, Kdr. Stab, II. Gruppe, KG 40, MIA with He 177 A-3 coded 'F8+DM' lost near Bougie, Algeria - during attacks on shipping
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA

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• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - CHRISS GOSS, FW 200 Condor units of World War 2, Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2016.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
  - das-ritterkreuz.de