area 3 × 4 km in size. Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 September 1941 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 5 German Cross in Gold on 18 May 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 5 Notes References Citations Bibliography External links TracesOfWar.com Lexikon der Wehrmacht Aces of the Luftwaffe Ciel de Gloire 1917 births 1944 deaths Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II Military personnel from Wrocław People from the Province of Silesia Burials at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in France