of career Aerial victory claims According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Ebener was credited with 57 aerial victories. Obermaier also lists Ebener with 57 aerial victories, 52 on the Eastern Front and five over the Western Allies, claimed in approximately 150 combat missions. Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 51 aerial victories, all of which claimed on the Eastern Front. Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 4911". 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 Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class Wound Badge in Black Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 15 March 1943 as Feldwebel and pilot German Cross in Gold on 18 March 1943 as Feldwebel in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 April 1943 as Feldwebel and pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" Notes References Citations Bibliography 1920 births 1975 deaths Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross People from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Military personnel from Thuringia Recipients of the Gold German Cross