Luftwaffe on 2 October 1941 as Unteroffizier and pilot German Cross in Gold on 27 March 1942 Feldwebel in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 September 1942 as Feldwebel and pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" Notes References Citations Bibliography Further reading 1917 births Luftwaffe pilots Military personnel from Berlin German World War II flying aces Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II Aviators killed by being shot down 1943 deaths Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Burials at Ysselsteyn German war cemetery