15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were divided into 36 smaller units to give a location area in size. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 July 1940) 1st Class (1940) German Cross in Gold on 14 April 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 1 July 1942 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 190th Oak Leaves on 7 February 1943 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Notes References Citations Bibliography 1919 births 1943 deaths Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Aviators killed by being shot down Burials at Ysselsteyn German war cemetery People from Neustrelitz Military personnel from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania