▁in ▁a ▁Bonn ▁hospital ▁from ▁comp lications ▁ar ising ▁from ▁a ▁heart ▁attack ▁he ▁suffered ▁the ▁previous ▁December . ▁He ▁was ▁ 8 0 , ▁and ▁had ▁lived ▁in ▁nearby ▁Bad ▁G odes berg . ▁ ▁Sum mary ▁of ▁career ▁ ▁Aer ial ▁victory ▁claims ▁Matt he ws ▁and ▁For eman , ▁authors ▁of ▁Luft wa ffe ▁A ces ▁— ▁Bi ograph ies ▁and ▁Vict ory ▁Cla ims , ▁research ed ▁the ▁German ▁Federal ▁Archives ▁and ▁found ▁records ▁for ▁ 1 6 8 ▁aer ial ▁victory ▁claims , ▁plus ▁nine ▁further ▁un conf ir med ▁claims . ▁This ▁figure ▁of ▁confirmed ▁claims ▁includes ▁ 1 4 9 ▁aer ial ▁vict ories ▁on ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Front ▁and ▁ 1 9 ▁on ▁the ▁Western ▁Front , ▁including ▁three ▁four - eng ined ▁bom bers ▁and ▁six ▁vict ories ▁with ▁the ▁Me   2 6 2 ▁jet ▁f ighter . ▁ ▁Vict ory ▁claims ▁were ▁logged ▁to ▁a ▁map - reference ▁( P Q ▁= ▁Plan quad rat ), ▁for ▁example ▁" P Q ▁ 9 5 3 7 1 ". ▁The ▁Luft wa ffe ▁grid ▁map ▁() ▁covered ▁all ▁of ▁Europe , ▁western ▁Russia ▁and ▁North ▁Africa ▁and ▁was ▁composed ▁of ▁rect angles ▁meas uring ▁ 1 5 ▁minutes ▁of ▁latitude ▁by ▁ 3 0 ▁minutes ▁of ▁longitude , ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁about ▁. ▁These ▁se ctors ▁were ▁then ▁sub div ided ▁into ▁ 3 6 ▁smaller ▁units ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁location ▁area ▁ 3 ▁× ▁ 4   km ▁in ▁size . ▁ ▁Awards