and 1st Class Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe (30 July 1941) Wound Badge in Silver (May 1943) German Cross in Gold on 29 October 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 11./Jagdgeschwafer 2 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 October 1944 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 53 Publications Notes References Citations Bibliography 1917 births 2012 deaths Luftwaffe pilots Military personnel from Münster German World War II flying aces Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross People from the Province of Westphalia 20th-century German inventors Textile scientists Invention award winners Businesspeople in tourism