9 December 1942 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" References Citations Bibliography External links Luftwaffe 1939–1945 History TracesOfWar.com 1911 births 1995 deaths Condor Legion personnel German Air Force personnel German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union German World War II flying aces Luftwaffe pilots Military personnel from Hamburg Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Shot-down aviators