Erich Leie

Erich Leie (10 September 1916 – 7 March 1945) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander during World War II. As a fighter ace, he is credited with 121 aerial victories claimed in more than 500 combat missions. He claimed 44 on Western Front, 77 on the Eastern Front, including one four-engine bomber.

Born in Kiel, Leie grew up in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. In 1939, he served with Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51—51st Fighter Wing) before he was transferred to Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" (JG 2—2nd Fighter Wing) in early 1940. Flying with this wing, Leie claimed his first aerial victory on 14 May during the Battle of France and received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 1 August 1941. In June 1942, he was given command of I. Gruppe of JG 2. In 1943, he transferred back to JG 51 where he commanded I. Gruppe. This unit fought on the Eastern Front where he claimed his 100th aerial victory on 6 November 1943. In December 1944, he was given command of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing). Leie was killed in action on 7 March 1945. Posthumously, he was promoted to Oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel) and nominated for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Early life and career

Leie was born on 10 September 1916 in Kiel, at the time in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein, a province of the Kingdom of Prussia.Template:Sfn In August 1939, Leie temporarily led the Reservestaffel of Jagdgeschwader 71 (JG 71—71st Fighter Wing) until he was replaced by Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant) Horst Tietzen on 29 August. The Reservestaffel was a training squadron equipped with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 D-1, at the time based at Bad Aibling and subordinated to the I. Gruppe (1st group) of Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51—51st Fighter Wing). On 26 August, during the German mobilization phase, the Reservestaffel was ordered to Fürstenfeldbruck where it was tasked with providing fighter protection over Munich.Template:Sfn

World War II

World War II in Europe had begun on Friday 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland. On 21 March 1940, Leie was transferred to III. Gruppe (3rd group) of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" (JG 2—2nd Fighter Wing), named after World War I fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen.Template:Sfn He claimed his first victory on 14 May during the Battle of France when he shot down a Bristol Blenheim bomber east of Sedan.Template:Sfn By October 1940, Leie was serving with the Geschwaderstab (headquarters unit) of JG 2. On 28 November 1940, Leie was wingman of Major (Major) Helmut Wick, Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander) of JG 2, on a mission to the Isle of Weight. Leie claimed a Supermarine Spitfire fighter destroyed, his eleventh aerial victory. On that mission, Wick was killed in action when he was shot down, probably by Flight Lieutenant John Dundas of No. 609 Squadron who was also killed that day.Template:Sfn

On 23 July 1941, he claimed six Spitfires shot down in one day, an "ace-in-a-day" achievement, taking his total to 21 aerial victories.Template:Sfn For this, Leie was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross () on 1 August 1941. He received the award from Feldmarschall (Field Marschal) Hugo Sperrle with fellow JG 2 "Richthofen" pilots Leutnant Egon Mayer and Oberleutnant Rudolf Pflanz on that day. The triple award presentation was recorded by the Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly Review), a newsreel series released in the cinemas.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn By the end of 1941, his total stood at 32 aerial victories. His 32nd claim was a Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber shot down on 30 December in the vicinity of Brest.Template:Sfn On 26 January 1942, Leie claimed a Spitfire shot down south of Rame Head. The Spitfire was piloted by Kazimierz Kosinski from the No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron who was killed in action on a shipping reconnaissance mission that day.Template:Sfn

Group commander

On 24 June 1942, Leie was officially appointed as Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of I. Gruppe of JG 2.Template:Sfn Leie thus succeeded Hauptmann Ignaz Prestele in this capacity who had been killed in action on 4 May 1942.Template:Sfn He saw action in the air battle of the Dieppe Raid on 19 August and claimed a Spitfire shot down north of Dieppe.Template:Sfn This was his last claim on the Western Front. He was then shot down and wounded, bailing out of his Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2 (Werknummer 0326—factory number) southwest of Abbeville.Template:Sfn

His injuries required hospitalization. Leie returned to his unit on 2 October 1942. During his convalescence, Oberleutnant Christian Eickhoff temporarily led I. Gruppe.Template:Sfn On 13 August, Sperrle had approved Leie's preferential promotion to Hauptmann (captain).Template:Sfn The Gruppe saw relatively little action in October. In fear of an Allied invasion on the French Mediterranean coast, I. Gruppe was ordered to Marseille-Marignane airfield on 8 November. There, it was tasked with providing fighter protection over the coastal area. Without engaging in aerial combat, the Gruppe stayed in Southern France until the end of 1942.Template:Sfn

Eastern Front

In January 1943, Leie transferred as Gruppenkommandeur to I. Gruppe of JG 51, based on the Eastern Front.Template:Sfn Command of I. Gruppe of JG 2 was then given to Major Helmut Bolz.Template:Sfn Leie had received the transfer-order on 6 January and arrived at his new unit on 17 January which at the time was based at Isotscha near Nevel.Template:Sfn That day, Leie's predecessor as Gruppenkommandeur, Oberleutnant Rudolf Busch, was killed in action when he collided in mid-air with Geschwaderkommodore Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) Karl-Gottfried Nordmann. Busch had temporarily led the Gruppe after its former commander, Hauptmann Heinrich Krafft, had been killed on 14 December 1942.Template:Sfn At the time of Leie's arrival on the Eastern Front, Soviet and German forces were engaged in the Battle for Velikiye Luki and in the Battles of Rzhev in the sector of JG 51 area of operation. On 28 January, I. Gruppe was forced to give up its airfield at Isotscha and moved to an airfield west of Oryol.Template:Sfn Flying from Oryol, Leie claimed a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 fighter shot down on 2 February, his first aerial victory on the Eastern Front.Template:Sfn

Leie led the Gruppe during the offensive operations leading up to Operation Citadel, which initiated the Battle of Kursk. The battle began on 5 July 1943 with I. Gruppe of JG 51 supporting the German 9th Army in its northern attack on the Kursk salient. For the first days of the operation, I. Gruppe primary task was to provide fighter escort for the bombers of Kampfgeschwader 4, Kampfgeschwader 51 and Kampfgeschwader 53, as well as for the Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers of Sturzkampfgeschwader 1.Template:Sfn On the first day of the Zitadelle, Leie claimed his 50th aerial victory, an Il-2 shot down in the vicinity of Maloarkhangelsk.Template:Sfn

On 6 November 1943 Leie, by now a Major, recorded his 100th victory. He was the 57th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.Template:Sfn After a lengthy spell of leave, he returned in late March 1944. On 6 July, during Operation Bagration, he was shot down by Soviet fighters. He baled out over Soviet lines but on descending by parachute, was blown back over German lines.Template:Sfn By the end of October 1944, Leie's victory total stood at 117.Template:Sfn

Wing commander of JG 77 and death

red heart in black square

Herzas (Ace of Hearts) emblem of JG 77

On 29 December 1944, Leie was appointed Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing). He replaced Major Siegfried Freytag in this function who had temporarily assumed command after Major Johannes Wiese was wounded in combat on 25 December.Template:Sfn Freytag continued to lead JG 77 until Leie's arrival with the Geschwader on 15 January 1945.Template:Sfn Command of his former I. Gruppe of JG 51 was passed to Hauptmann Günther Schack.Template:Sfn On 12 January, the Red Army had launched the Vistula–Oder Offensive on the Eastern Front. The offensive required the Luftwaffe to relocate its forces, defeated Army Group A, taking much of Poland and striking deep within the pre-war borders of Germany. JG 77 was one of the first Luftwaffe fighter units ordered to relocate to the Eastern Front on 19 January.Template:Sfn

As Geschwaderkommodore, Leie was ordered to Berlin on 22 January 1945 and attended the meeting with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring which was later dubbed the Fighter Pilots' Mutiny. This was an attempt to reinstate Generalleutnant Adolf Galland as General der Jagdflieger who had been dismissed for outspokenness regarding the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Luftwaffe high command), and had been replaced by Oberst Gordon Gollob. The meeting was held at the Haus der Flieger in Berlin and was attended by a number of high-ranking fighter pilot leaders which included Leie, Günther Lützow, Hannes Trautloft, Hermann Graf, Gerhard Michalski, Helmut Bennemann, Kurt Bühligen and Herbert Ihlefeld, and their antagonist Göring supported by his staff Bernd von Brauchitsch and Karl Koller. The fighter pilots, with Lützow taking the lead as spokesman, criticized Göring and made him personally responsible for the decisions taken which effectively had led to the lost air war over Europe.Template:Sfn

On 7 March 1945, Leie claimed his last two aerial victories and was killed in action. At 14:56, he claimed a La-5 shot down. Half an hour later, he claimed a Yakovlev Yak-9 fighter west of Bielitz, present-day Bielsko-Biała, but collided in mid-air with the crashing Yak-9 fighter in his Bf 109 G-14/AS (Werknummer 786329—factory number).Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn He baled out at an altitude of , too low for his parachute to fully deploy. Posthumously, he was promoted to Oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel),Template:Sfn and nominated for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves () which was not approved.Template:Sfn He was buried at the German war cemetery in Valašské Meziříčí.Template:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Leie was credited with 118 aerial victories.Template:Sfn Spick also lists him with 118 aerial victories, 75 on the Eastern Front and 43 on the Western Front, claimed in approximately 500 combat missions.Template:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 121 aerial victory claims, plus one further unconfirmed claim. This figure includes 77 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and 44 over the Western Allies, including one four-engine bomber.Template:Sfn

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 14 West 4911". The Luftwaffe grid map () covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area in size.Template:Sfn

Chronicle of aerial victories
This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Leie an "ace-in-a-day", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.   This and the – (dash) indicates unwitnessed aerial victory claims for which Leie did not receive credit.   This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Balke, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.
Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location
– Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" –Template:Sfn Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940
1	14 May 1940	19:20	Blenheim	east of SedanTemplate:Sfn
– Stab I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" –Template:Sfn At the Channel and over England — 26 June 1940 – 21 June 1941
2	5 October 1940	15:58	Hurricane	south of BournemouthTemplate:Sfn
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" –Template:Sfn At the Channel and over England — 26 June 1940 – 21 June 1941
3	29 October 1940	15:29	Hurricane	PortsmouthTemplate:Sfn	8	7 November 1940	15:25	Hurricane	south of PortsmouthTemplate:Sfn
4	5 November 1940	14:35	Hurricane	northeast of the Isle of PortlandTemplate:Sfn	9	7 November 1940	15:25	Hurricane	south of PortsmouthTemplate:Sfn
5	5 November 1940	14:40	Spitfire	northeast of PortlandTemplate:Sfn	10	10 November 1940	15:43	Spitfire	east of PortlandTemplate:Sfn
6	6 November 1940	15:35	Hurricane	SouthamptonTemplate:Sfn	11	28 November 1940	15:17	Spitfire	south of the Isle of WightTemplate:Sfn
7	6 November 1940	15:37	Hurricane	SouthamptonTemplate:Sfn
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" –Template:Sfn On the Western Front — 22 June – 31 December 1941
12	22 June 1941	16:10	Spitfire	ArquesTemplate:Sfn	22	10 August 1941	14:25	Hurricane	northeast of CalaisTemplate:Sfn
13	24 June 1941	20:55	Spitfire	east of CalaisTemplate:Sfn	23	12 August 1941	12:54	Spitfire	northwest of Saint-OmerTemplate:Sfn
14	24 June 1941	20:57	Spitfire	north of CalaisTemplate:Sfn	24	12 August 1941	13:08	Spitfire	southeast of DoverTemplate:Sfn
—	25 June 1941	16:30	Spitfire	northeast of BoulogneTemplate:Sfn	25	12 August 1941	19:28	Spitfire	south of DungenessTemplate:Sfn
15	6 July 1941	14:35	Spitfire	north of Grand-Fort-PhilippeTemplate:Sfn	26	21 August 1941	15:15	Spitfire	south of ÉtaplesTemplate:Sfn
16♠	23 July 1941	13:21	Spitfire	east of CalaisTemplate:Sfn	27	13 October 1941	14:40	Spitfire	west of BoulogneTemplate:Sfn
17♠	23 July 1941	13:28	Spitfire	northwest of CalaisTemplate:Sfn	28	13 October 1941	14:43	Spitfire	west of BoulogneTemplate:Sfn
18♠	23 July 1941	20:35	Spitfire	west of HesdinTemplate:Sfn	29	13 October 1941	15:40	Spitfire	west-northwest of ÉtaplesTemplate:Sfn
19♠	23 July 1941	20:39	Spitfire	west of HesdinTemplate:Sfn	30	8 November 1941	12:30	Spitfire	Baie de SommeTemplate:Sfn
20♠	23 July 1941	20:43	Spitfire	southwest of BerckTemplate:Sfn	31	8 December 1941	15:45	Spitfire	west of BoulogneTemplate:Sfn
21♠	23 July 1941	20:47	Spitfire	west of BerckTemplate:Sfn	32	30 December 1941	15:30	Halifax	PQ 14 West 4911Template:Sfn vicinity of Brest
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" –Template:Sfn On the Western Front — 1 January – May 1942
33	8 January 1942	10:09	Hudson	PQ 14 West 6927Template:Sfn	37	1 May 1942	19:40	SpitfireTemplate:Sfn	northwest of Cap Gris-Nez
34	26 January 1942	13:40	Spitfire	PQ 14 West 6042Template:Sfn off Rame Head	38	19 May 1942	15:23	Spitfire	north of FécampTemplate:Sfn
35	2 February 1942	19:05	Beaufort	north-northwest of Brignogan-PlagesTemplate:Sfn	39	2 June 1942	17:45	Spitfire	south-southeast of EastbourneTemplate:Sfn
— Template:Refn	25 April 1942	16:45?Template:Refn	SpitfireTemplate:Sfn	west of Le Crotoy	40	3 June 1942	16:39	Spitfire	northwest of Le HavreTemplate:Sfn
36	1 May 1942	19:37	SpitfireTemplate:Sfn	west-northwest of Wissant	41	5 June 1942	15:35	Spitfire	northwest of FécampTemplate:Sfn
– Stab I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" –Template:Sfn On the Western Front — June – 31 December 1942
42	26 June 1942	17:44	Spitfire	north of FécampTemplate:Sfn	43	19 August 1942	11:50	Spitfire	north of DieppeTemplate:Sfn
– Stab I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — February 1943
44	2 February 1943	14:05	MiG-3	PQ 7376Template:Sfn
– Stab I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — 4 February 1943 – 31 December 1943
45	4 February 1943	12:10	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 63632, KosakowaTemplate:Sfn east-northeast of Maloarkhangelsk	75	7 September 1943	12:29	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 35893Template:Sfn west-southwest of Kirov
46	5 February 1943	14:25	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 73551, east of TatrinoTemplate:Sfn west-southwest of Livny	76	9 September 1943	15:40	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 34235Template:Sfn southeast of Kirov
47	16 March 1943	11:27	Pe-2	PQ 35 Ost 44593, north of BryanskTemplate:Sfn northeast of Bryansk	77	10 September 1943	13:53	Il-2 m.H.Template:Refn	PQ 35 Ost 44712Template:Sfn west-northwest of Bryansk
48?Template:Refn	4 June 1943	19:35	Pe-2	west of BokowojeTemplate:Sfn	78	10 September 1943	13:56	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 44728Template:Sfn west of Bryansk
49	8 June 1943	19:35	Yak-7	PQ 35 Ost 53423, KromyTemplate:Sfn west of Kromy	79	10 September 1943	14:00	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 44766Template:Sfn south of Bryansk
50	5 July 1943	18:44	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 63534Template:Sfn vicinity of Maloarkhangelsk	80	11 September 1943	11:10	Yak-7	PQ 35 Ost 44229Template:Sfn north of Zhizdra
51	11 July 1943	19:00	P-39	PQ 35 Ost 63572Template:Sfn south-southeast of Trosna	81	11 September 1943	11:32	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 44769Template:Sfn south of Bryansk
52	13 July 1943	13:44	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 63255Template:Sfn south of Zalegoshch	82	15 September 1943	09:34	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 35348Template:Sfn northwest of Yelnya
53	13 July 1943	13:48	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 64894Template:Sfn east-northeast of Zalegoshch	83	15 September 1943	13:20	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 35378Template:Sfn west of Yelnya
54	13 July 1943	14:05	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 63213Template:Sfn vicinity of Zalegoshch	84	15 September 1943	13:25	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 25465Template:Sfn west of Yelnya
55	13 July 1943	18:32	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 64878Template:Sfn north of Zalegoshch	85	15 September 1943	13:40	Pe-2	PQ 35 Ost 25466Template:Sfn west-northwest of Yelnya
56	29 July 1943	16:28	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 54653, southwest of BolkhovTemplate:Sfn east-northeast of Belyov	86	17 September 1943	11:32	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 35511Template:Sfn south-southwest of Yelnya
57	29 July 1943	16:57	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 54648, southwest of BolkhovTemplate:Sfn northeast of Znamenskoye	87	4 October 1943	15:51	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 15318Template:Sfn northwest of Krassnyj
58	29 July 1943	18:55	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 64755Template:Sfn northeast of Orel	88	5 October 1943	10:46	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 06891Template:Sfn vicinity of Gorki
59	31 July 1943	11:49	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 64548Template:Sfn west of Telche	89	5 October 1943	10:47	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 06868Template:Sfn northeast of Liozna
60	1 August 1943	10:10	Su-2 (Seversky)	PQ 35 Ost 53522Template:Sfn southeast of Dmitrowsk-Orlowskiy	90	5 October 1943	10:48	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 06833Template:Sfn north-northeast of Liozna
61	1 August 1943	18:45	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 53446Template:Sfn south-southeast of Sockowo	91	5 October 1943	15:19	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 15378Template:Sfn west of Krassnyj
62	2 August 1943	10:05	Pe-2	PQ 35 Ost 53528Template:Sfn southeast of Dmitrowsk-Orlowskiy	92	6 October 1943	12:08	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 06152Template:Sfn southeast of Nevel
63	4 August 1943	16:59	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 53355Template:Sfn southwest of Sockowo	93	6 October 1943	15:42	Pe-2	PQ 35 Ost 06219Template:Sfn
64	6 August 1943	16:59	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 54599Template:Sfn north of Znamenskoye	94	15 October 1943	07:53	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 15617Template:Sfn southeast of Krassnyj
65	7 August 1943	08:20?Template:Refn	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 54762Template:Sfn south of Znamenskoye	95	20 October 1943	15:20	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 03876Template:Sfn south-southeast of Rechytsa
66	7 August 1943	14:00?Template:Refn	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 54733Template:Sfn vicinity of Znamenskoye	96	22 October 1943	11:44	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 02246Template:Sfn northwest of Ossijaki
67	7 August 1943	14:05	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 54738Template:Sfn vicinity of Znamenskoye	97	22 October 1943	11:49	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 02227Template:Sfn northwest of Ossijaki
68	8 August 1943	16:32	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 35423Template:Sfn north-northwest of Spas-Demensk	98	23 October 1943	15:29	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 05463Template:Sfn east-northeast of Orsha
69	8 August 1943	16:41	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 35491Template:Sfn north-northwest of Spas-Demensk	99	29 October 1943	12:24	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 05451Template:Sfn southwest of Orsha
70	8 August 1943	16:45	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 35636Template:Sfn northwest of Spas-Demensk	100	6 November 1943	15:00	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 01754Template:Sfn southwest of Vasilikov
71	8 August 1943	16:46	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 45514Template:Sfn north of Spas-Demensk	101	6 November 1943	15:03	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 01756Template:Sfn southwest of Vasilikov
72	12 August 1943	12:50	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 51574Template:Sfn vicinity of Kirikowka	102	6 November 1943	15:05	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 01738Template:Sfn east of Vasilikov
73	12 August 1943	13:25	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 51387Template:Sfn vicinity of Slawgorod	103	6 November 1943	15:15	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 01677Template:Sfn south-southeast of Kiev
74	13 August 1943	16:55	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 50289Template:Sfn west of Merefa
– Stab I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — 1 January – 31 December 1944
104	29 March 1944	12:37	Yak-7	PQ 35 Ost N/04457Template:Sfn southwest of Tschaussy	111	9 October 1944	13:01?Template:Refn	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost N/26868Template:Sfn southeast of Tauroggen
105	1 April 1944	12:16?Template:Refn	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost N/04593Template:Sfn south-southeast of Stara Bychow	112	9 October 1944	16:00	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost N/26872Template:Sfn east-northeast of Neusiedel
106	8 April 1944	09:30	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost N/42688Template:Sfn north of Kovel	113	13 October 1944	13:36	Pe-2	PQ 25 Ost N/25312Template:Sfn east of Neusiedel
107	4 September 1944	17:19	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost N/14871Template:Sfn south of Ostroleka	114	14 October 1944	15:12	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost N/16624Template:Sfn east of Laschon
108	5 September 1944	16:14	Yak-7	PQ 25 Ost N/13344Template:Sfn east of Nasielsk	115	14 October 1944	15:13	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost N/16655Template:Sfn east-southeast of Laschon
109	5 September 1944	16:17	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost N/13347Template:Sfn east of Nasielsk	116	14 October 1944	15:42	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost N/16176Template:Sfn north of Memel
110	6 September 1944	15:02	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost N/13348Template:Sfn east of Nasielsk	117	16 October 1944	13:05	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost N/25621Template:Sfn east-southeast of Trakehnen
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Template:Sfn Defense of the Reich on the Eastern Front — January – May 1945
118	14 February 1945	16:13	Il-2Template:Sfn		120	7 March 1945	14:56	La-5Template:Sfn
119	20 February 1945	16:29	La-5Template:Sfn		121	7 March 1945	15:30	Yak-9Template:Sfn

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st ClassTemplate:Sfn
• German Cross in Gold on 20 October 1942 as Oberleutnant in the I./Jagdgeschwader 2Template:Sfn
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 1 August 1941 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the Stab of I./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"Template:SfnTemplate:Refn