3 × 4 km in size. Awards Wound Badge in Silver Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 13 December 1943 as Oberleutnant and pilot Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant "400" Combined Pilots-Observation Badge German Cross in Gold on 28 January 1944 as Oberleutnant in the II./Jagdgeschwader 52. Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 April 1943) 1st Class (3 July 1943) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberleutnant (war officer) and Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 52 526th Oak Leaves on 20 July 1944 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 52 (145th) Swords on 21 April 1945 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 52. Dates of rank Notes References Citations Bibliography 1916 births 1988 deaths People from Bamberg People from the Kingdom of Bavaria Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States German Air Force pilots Military personnel from Bavaria