of which were claimed on the Western Front. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 7 December 1942 (posthumously) as Leutnant and pilot Notes References Citations Bibliography 1919 births 1942 deaths Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 1st class Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II Aviators killed by being shot down Military personnel from Lower Saxony