603 Squadron Supermarine Spitfire fighters shot down southeast of London. On 5 November 1940, Ebeling, flying Bf 109 E-4 (Werknummer 2740), collided with his wingman Feldwebel Walter Braun, flying Bf 109 E-1 (Werknummer 3259), over Dungeness. Both pilots becoming prisoners for the rest of the war. Ebeling was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross () on this day for 18 victories in 163 missions, and the fast conversion of 9. Staffel to a fighter-bomber unit. His successor as Staffelkapitän of 9. Staffel became Oberleutnant Kurt Ruppert. Ebeling was taken to Canada where he spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war. Ebeling died on 30 November 1987 at Obsteig in Tyrol, Austria. Summary of career Aerial victory claims Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces: Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 18 aerial victory claims, all of which were claimed on the Western Front. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 November 1940 as Leutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" Notes References Citations Bibliography 1918 births 1987 deaths German World War II flying aces Military personnel from Karlsruhe Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross People from the Grand Duchy of Baden German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom