Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 66 aerial victory claims, plus six further unconfirmed claims. This number includes ten claims on the Eastern Front and 56 over the Western Allies, including ten four-engined bombers. Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 15 Ost S/JA". The Luftwaffe grid map () covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 × 4 km in size. Awards Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (5 July 1941) 1st Class (16 September 1941) Wound Badge (1939) in Black in Silver Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 10 August 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot German Cross in Gold on 12 December 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 53 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 6 April 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 53 713th Oak Leaves on 24 January 1945 as Leutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 53 Notes References Citations Bibliography 1916 births 1980 deaths People from Wolfenbüttel (district) Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves