He and his men were taken to a makeshift POW nearby. Summary of career Aerial victory claims Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces: Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 43 aerial victory claims, all of which were claimed on the Western Front. Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 05 Ost BE". 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 (7 September 1940) 1st Class (5 September 1941) Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 25 May 1942 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän German Cross in Gold on 8 September 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 26 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 November 1944 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of I./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" Notes References Citations Bibliography 1916 births 1981 deaths German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom German World War II flying aces Luftwaffe pilots People from the Province of Brandenburg People from Teltow-Fläming Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Military personnel from Brandenburg