 Nowotny was given a state funeral in Vienna . The guard of honor was composed of his friend Karl Schnörrer , Oberst Gordon Gollob , Major Rudolf Schoenert , Hauptmann Heinz Strüning , Major Josef Fözö and Major Georg Christl . The eulogy was delivered by General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland and Generaloberst Otto Deßloch . Nowotny was buried at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna in a grave of honor sponsored by the city of Vienna , which was still part of Nazi Germany . Following an initiative by the Austrian Green Party and debates in the Vienna Landtag , a resolution supported by Social Democrats and Greens was passed to remove the status of honor in 2003 . 
