Date of birth:

October 2nd, 1908 (Königsberg/East Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

November 8th, 1982 (Kaarst/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
01.03.1931: Oberkanonier
01.03.1933: Gefreiter
01.10.1933: Unteroffizier
01.10.1934: Wachtmeister
01.10.1936: Oberwachtmeister
06.11.1940: Leutnant - KOA
01.03.1941: Oberleutnant (Kr.O.)
01.04.1943: Hauptmann - RDA 01.01.1942
proposed to be promoted Major

Career:
01.03.1929-31.03.1932: entered the Army - 5./ Art.Rgt. 1 - Königsberg
23.03.1933-30.09.1933: 6. Ers./ Art. Rgt.1
01.10.1933-30.09.1936: 2./ Flak-Abt.1
01.10.1936-23.08.1939: 2./ I./ Flak-Rgt. 24
24.08.1939-09.06.1940: 1./ Flak-Abt. 24
10.06.1940-00.07.1942: II./ Flak-Abt. 241 (mot)
07.1942: Chef 6./ II./ Flak-Rgt. 241 - 17. Flak-Division
23.01.1943: Oberleutnant (Kr.O.) in I./ Flak-Rgt. 7, transferred to I./ Flak-Rgt. 61
01.03.1943: Chef 3./ I./ Flak-Rgt. 61 (mot) - 17. Flak-Division
20.01.1944: severely WIA
01.-01.09.1944: Führerreserve then Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 4 - Iserlohn
01.09.1944: Führer - Panzervernichtungslehrgänge der Luftwaffe - Heerespanzerschule I - Bergen

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Chef 3./Flak-Regiment 61

Awarded on:

December 31st, 1943

Awarded for his outstanding contributions to the battles around Rostov, Krassnodar, Noworossisk, Izyum and Belgorord. Throughout these battles he became a specialist in using Flak in the AT defense role, destroying 15 enemy tanks with his Batterie around Belgorod alone. Here he would be badly wounded while sitting in the gunner’s seat. By the time of his award of the Knight’s Cross he had personally destroyed 19 enemy tanks.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 5th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 17th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 12th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 25th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 61, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

July 1st, 1943

• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
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  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.
  - NADOLSKI : AUTOGRAPHEN 1933-1945 LUFTWAFFE (12) : Autographen - André Hüsken Militaria
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