Cross in Gold on 15 December 1941 as Feldwebel in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 52 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 18 December 1941 as Feldwebel and pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 52 79th Oak Leaves on 27 February 1942 as Feldwebel and pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 52 Mentioned 4 times in the Wehrmachtbericht (25 February 1942, 3 May 1942, 6 May 1942 and 9 May 1942) See also List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea Notes References Citations Bibliography External links TracesOfWar.com Lexikon der Wehrmacht German Propaganda Archive 1918 births 1940s missing person cases 1942 deaths Aerial disappearances of military personnel in action Aviators killed by being shot down German World War II flying aces Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II Luftwaffe pilots Missing in action of World War II Missing person cases in Russia People from Ludwigslust-Parchim People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin People lost at sea Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Military personnel from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania