Wolf-Udo Ettel

Wolf-Udo Ettel (26 February 1921 – 17 July 1943) was a German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace and a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. Ettel is listed with 124 aerial victories—that is, 124 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—claimed in over 250 missions.Template:Sfn He was killed in action by anti-aircraft artillery on 17 July 1943 over Fascist Italy.

Early life and schooling

Ettel was born on 26 February 1921 in Hamburg in the Weimar Republic. He was the son of a representative of the Junkers aircraft manufacture. Due to his father's work, the family lived in Teheran and in Colombia where he attended the German school. Following his parents' divorce and return to Germany in 1934, he and his two younger brothers attended the Potsdam National Political Institutes of Education (Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt—Napola) which was a secondary boarding school founded under the recently established Nazi state. The goal of the Napola schools was to raise a new generation for the political, military and administrative leadership of Nazi Germany.Template:Sfn

World War II

World War II in Europe began on Friday 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland. On 15 November 1939, Ettel volunteered for military service in the Luftwaffe. Following various training courses, he attended blind flying school in January 1941 and passed his A/B pilot license at Prenzlau.Template:Refn He then attended a Jagdfliegerschule (fighter pilot training school) based in Paris, France. In September 1941, he was posted to a Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe (supplementary fighter group), a fighter pilot training unit based in Denmark.Template:Sfn

On 10 April 1942, Leutnant Ettel was posted to 4. Staffel (squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" (JG 3—3rd Fighter Wing),Template:Refn a II. Gruppe (2nd group) squadron.Template:Sfn At the time, II. Gruppe had been placed under the overall command of Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53—53rd Fighter Wing) and was based at San Pietro Clarenza, Sicily, flying combat missions during the Siege of Malta.Template:Sfn

Eastern Front

On 5 May 1942, Adolf Hitler issued his directive No. 41 which summarized his orders for the summer campaign in the Soviet Union and resulted in Case Blue, the Wehrmacht plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia. In preparation for this campaign, II. Gruppe was moved to the Eastern Front, arriving in Pilsen from Sicily on 27 April. The Gruppe was then placed under the command of Hauptmann Kurt Brändle and refit for the summer campaign.Template:Sfn After three weeks of rest, II. Gruppe, as part of the VIII. Fliegerkorps, was placed on the left wing of Army Group South and ordered to relocate to an airfield at Chuguyev, first elements arriving on 19 May. On 24 June, II. Gruppe moved to Shchigry, a forward airfield approximated east of Kursk close to the front lines.Template:Sfn That day, Ettel claimed his first two victories when he shot down two Ilyushin Il-2 "Shturmovik" ground-attack aircraft.Template:Sfn

He, himself, was shot down approximately north Voronezh on 10 July while destroying a Soviet-flown Douglas Boston bomber, his seventh claim in total. He bailed out of his damaged Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 "White 1" (Werknummer 8383—factory number) behind Soviet lines, swam across the Don River and returned to his unit four days later.Template:Sfn On 24 July 1942, he received the Iron Cross 2nd Class () and the Iron Cross 1st Class () on 2 August. Ettel claimed his 20 aerial victory on 9 August, his 30th on 7 October, and was awarded the Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe for Fighter Pilots () on 23 October. Three further claims were filed on 31 October, his last victories in 1942, leading to the presentation of the German Cross in Gold () in December 1942.Template:Sfn

Following the German loss in the Battle of Stalingrad, 4. Staffel was relocated to the Kuban bridgehead, and during the months of intensive operations, Ettel claimed 28 Soviet aircraft shot down in March and 36 more in April, including five shot down on 11 April, an "ace-in-a-day" achievement. On 28 April 1943, Ettel claimed his 100th aerial victory. He was the 38th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.Template:Sfn In early May, II. Gruppe was moved to Kharkiv, from where they operated over the combat area east of Belgorod, operating in this area from 2 to 6 May. On 6 May, the Gruppe claimed twelve aerial victories, including four by Ettel, taking his total to 104.Template:Sfn

On 11 May, Ettel claimed his 120th victory, his last on the Eastern Front, but was shot down by anti-aircraft fire, resulting in a forced landing of his Bf 109 G-4 (Werknummer 19 453) between the front lines, west of Anastassiewskaja. During his return to German held territory, Ettel came under heavy rifle fire from Soviet infantry but escaped unharmed.Template:Sfn That same night Ettel led a Wehrmacht patrol to his damaged aircraft to salvage important equipment. Ettel was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross () on 1 June.Template:Sfn The presentation was made by General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland while Ettel was on vacation in Berlin.Template:Sfn

Mediterranean Theatre and death

Promoted to Oberleutnant (first lieutenant), Ettel was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of the newly created 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing), a squadron of III. Gruppe JG 27, at the time based in Tanagra, Greece.Template:Refn While based at Tanagra, III. Gruppe was reequipped with a full contingent of the Bf 109 G-4 and G-6 series. In June, the Gruppe familiarized themselves with the new aircraft, flying training missions. At the end of June, III. Gruppe was moved to an airfield at Argos in Peloponnese. There, the unit was tasked with flying combat air patrol mission over the Aegean Sea.Template:Sfn The Allied invasion of Sicily resulted in the relocation of III. Gruppe to Brindisi in southern Italy on 14 July 1943.Template:Sfn

III. Gruppe flew its first missions in support of the German ground forces southeast of Catania, Sicily on 15 July. Because of the distance to the target area, the Bf 109s had to be equipped with drop tanks. The flight engaged in aerial combat north of Mount Etna where Ettel claimed his first aerial victory in the Mediterranean Theatre over a Royal Air Force (RAF) Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.Template:Sfn The next day, he claimed another Spitfire shot down. At around noon that day, he claimed two United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-24 Liberator bombers shot down.Template:Sfn

On 17 July 1943, III. Gruppe was again tasked with flying ground support missions against British forces in the vicinity of Catania. In the vicinity of Lentini, the Gruppe lost five of ten dispatched fighters to anti-aircraft fire, among them Ettel who was shot down and killed in action.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn His Bf 109 G-6 (Werknummer 18 402) crashed northeast of Lago di Lentini.Template:Sfn Ettel was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves () on 31 August 1943, the 289th officer or soldier of the Wehrmacht so honored.Template:Sfn He was buried at the German cemetery at Motta Sant'Anastasia in an unmarked grave.Template:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Ettel was credited with 124 aerial victories.Template:Sfn Obermaier also lists Ettel with 124 victories claimed in over 250 missions. Of his 120 claims on the Eastern Front, 21 were Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft. He claimed four victories over Sicily, which included two USAAF four-engine bombers.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 three further unconfirmed claims. This figure of confirmed claims includes 118 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and three on the Western Front, including two four-engined bomber.Template:Sfn

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 29323". 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 Ettel 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 unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Ettel did not receive credit.   This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.
Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location
– 4. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — 26 April 1942 – 3 February 1943
1	24 June 1942	14:13	Il-2Template:Sfn		18	7 August 1942	17:47	LaGG-3	east of KlischewskijTemplate:Sfn
2	24 June 1942	14:17	Il-2Template:Sfn		19	9 August 1942	05:26	Il-2	KalachTemplate:Sfn
3	28 June 1942	16:07	Il-2Template:Sfn		20	9 August 1942	05:35	Il-2	east of KalachTemplate:Sfn west of Pitomnik
4	30 June 1942	12:45	Yak-1Template:Sfn		21	19 August 1942	04:58	MiG-1	northeast of SsadkiTemplate:Sfn
5	9 July 1942	13:18	Yak-1Template:Sfn		22	21 August 1942	13:35	I-180 (Yak-7)	northeast of BusinowkaTemplate:Sfn south of Pitomnik
6	9 July 1942	13:30	Il-2Template:Sfn		23	13 September 1942	06:55	LaGG-3	east of RzhevTemplate:Sfn
7?Template:Refn	10 July 1942	04:30	Boston	north of VoronezhTemplate:Sfn	24	13 September 1942	07:10	Yak-1	southwest of ZubtsovTemplate:Sfn south of Michailowka
8	24 July 1942	06:16	Hurricane	north-northeast of OblivskayaTemplate:Sfn	25	15 September 1942	09:13	Il-2	southeast of ZubtsovTemplate:Sfn south of Michailowka
9	24 July 1942	13:25	Il-2	north of MukowninTemplate:Sfn	26	15 September 1942	09:16	Il-2	northeast of RzhevTemplate:Sfn
10	24 July 1942	13:31	Il-2	southwest of SsirotinskajaTemplate:Sfn	27	23 September 1942	07:08	LaGG-3	east of TorshokTemplate:Sfn
11	26 July 1942	03:55	LaGG-3	east of KalachTemplate:Sfn	28	23 September 1942	07:15	MiG-1	orthwest of StarizaTemplate:Sfn
12	26 July 1942	08:15	Il-2	MorosowskijTemplate:Sfn	29	7 October 1942	15:58	LaGG-3	east of SorogaTemplate:Sfn
13	26 July 1942	08:17	Il-2	KalachTemplate:Sfn	30	7 October 1942	16:00	LaGG-3	south of OstashkovTemplate:Sfn
14	28 July 1942	09:40	U-2	PQ 29323Template:Sfn	31	31 October 1942	16:00	Il-2	PressljankaTemplate:Sfn southeast of Tazinskaja
15	28 July 1942	09:48	MiG-1	east of TschernomarowTemplate:Sfn west of Shutow	—	31 October 1942	16:40	LaGG-3Template:Sfn
16	30 July 1942	07:10	MiG-1	east-northeast of KalachTemplate:Sfn northwest of Kalach	32	31 October 1942	16:50	Il-2	east of airfield UlgyTemplate:Sfn
17	5 August 1942	04:37	LaGG-3	north of PlodowitojeTemplate:Sfn
– 4. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — 4 February – 31 December 1943
33	12 February 1943	14:10	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 79232, east of LimanTemplate:Sfn	77	17 April 1943	11:30	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 75424, southeast of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn
34	13 February 1943	15:30	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 79132, southwest of Golaja-DolinaTemplate:Sfn northwest of Slavansk	78	17 April 1943	11:35	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 75432, southeast of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn
35	22 February 1943	13:35	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 88661, southwast of PokrovskoyeTemplate:Sfn north of Taganrog	79?Template:Refn	17 April 1943	11:43	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 85343, northwest of GelendzhikTemplate:Sfn
36	5 March 1943	09:00	U-2	PQ 34 Ost 98334, vicinity of PlatowoTemplate:Sfn north-northeast of Sinjawka	80	18 April 1943	10:05	I-16	PQ 34 Ost 75462, south of KabardinkaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Leprasorium
37	9 March 1943	08:30	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 88463, north of MatwejewkurganTemplate:Sfn south-southeast of Jalisawehnino	81	18 April 1943	18:50?Template:Refn	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 7545, south of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Kabardinka
38	9 March 1943	15:35	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 98523, southwest of Nowo-StrojenkaTemplate:Sfn north of Sinjawka	82	22 April 1943	14:01	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 7546, south of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn Black Sea, southwest of Kabardinka
39	12 March 1943	06:50	Il-2	PQ 34 Ost 70323, east of the Bulazelowka train stationTemplate:Sfn west of Kupiansk	83	22 April 1943	14:08	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 7546, southeast of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Novorossiysk
40	13 March 1943	06:20	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 70761, east of SswjatogorskajaTemplate:Sfn southeast of Izium	84	22 April 1943	14:11	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 7546, southeast of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn
41	13 March 1943	06:25	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 70841, west of NowossjolowkaTemplate:Sfn north-northeast of Krasnyi Lyman	85	22 April 1943	14:20	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 85143, southeast of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn
42	16 March 1943	14:25	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 70423, southeast of KupianskTemplate:Sfn east of Kupiansk	86	23 April 1943	05:30	U-2	PQ 34 Ost 7545, southern edge of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Novorossiysk
43	17 March 1943	10:50	Boston	PQ 35 Ost 70463, west of TabajewkaTemplate:Sfn east-southeast of Kupiansk	87	23 April 1943	17:02	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 7543, east of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Novorossiysk
44	18 March 1943	15:05	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 61853, northeast of RepokrytajaTemplate:Sfn south-southwest of Vovchansk	88	23 April 1943	17:07	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 7546, southeast of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Novorossiysk
45	19 March 1943	06:15	LaGG-3	PQ 35 OSt 71761, east of OlchowatkaTemplate:Sfn east-southeast of Bely Kolodez	89	23 April 1943	17:10	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 7546, southeast of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Novorossiysk
46	19 March 1943	06:45	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 71724, east of Prikolnotoje train stationTemplate:Sfn east of Bely Kolodez	90	24 April 1943	05:36	I-16	PQ 34 Ost 85142, west of AbinskajaTemplate:Sfn west of Abinsk
47	19 March 1943	14:15	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 61873, southeast of NepokrytajaTemplate:Sfn east-northeast of Kharkov	91	24 April 1943	05:37	I-16	PQ 34 Ost 85142, west of AbinskajaTemplate:Sfn west of Abinsk
48	19 March 1943	14:27	I-180 (Yak-7)	PQ 35 Ost 60221, western edge of Bolshaja BabkaTemplate:Sfn northeast of Malinovka	92	24 April 1943	05:42	I-16	PQ 34 Ost 85149, west of AchtyrskajaTemplate:Sfn Abinsk - Achtyrskaja
49	20 March 1943	08:43	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 98833, south of Rostov-on-DonTemplate:Sfn east of Rostov-on-Don	93	26 April 1943	12:19	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 95113, southeast of KrasnodarTemplate:Sfn
50	20 March 1943	15:05	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 80693, western edge of StarobilskTemplate:Sfn	94	26 April 1943	17:05	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 95173, east of KalushskajaTemplate:Sfn southwest of Abinsk
51	21 March 1943	14:57	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 98812, west of Rostov-on-DonTemplate:Sfn west of Rostov-on-Don	95	26 April 1943	17:20	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 85231, west of KrasnodarTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Tochtamukaj
52	21 March 1943	15:00	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 98734, north of AsovTemplate:Sfn north of Asov	96	28 April 1943	12:25	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 8511, northwest of AbinskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity west of Abinsk
53	25 March 1943	07:49	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 88264, northeast of KubyshewoTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Jalisawehino	97	28 April 1943	12:35	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 8511, east of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Mertschskaja
54	25 March 1943	07:50	Il-2	PQ 34 Ost 88264, northeast of KubyshewoTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Jalisawehino	98	28 April 1943	12:40	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 8511, east of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Mertschskaja
55	25 March 1943	13:30	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 98842, southwest of BatayskTemplate:Sfn east of Asov	99	28 April 1943	12:42	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 8677, northeast of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Mertschskaja
56	25 March 1943	13:55	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 98841, west of BatayskTemplate:Sfn east of Asov	100	6 May 1943	13:30	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 71863, west of DolgojeTemplate:Sfn west of Urazovo
57	26 March 1943	07:52	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 98672, west of airfield Rostov-on-Don northwest of Rostov	101	6 May 1943	13:35	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 71864, southwest of ValuykiTemplate:Sfn west of Urazovo
58	27 March 1943	11:15	I-16	PQ 34 Ost 98842, west of Bataysk east of Asov	102	6 May 1943	13:37	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 81741, southwest of ValuykiTemplate:Sfn west of Aleksejevka
59	27 March 1943	11:20	I-16	PQ 34 Ost 98813, west of Rostov-on-Don west of Asov	103	6 May 1943	14:00	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 71851, south-southeast of OlchowatkaTemplate:Sfn west of Urazovo
60	27 March 1943	11:30	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 98673, west of Rostov-on-DonTemplate:Sfn northwest of Rostov	104	7 May 1943	18:35	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 75262, south of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Krymsk
61	28 March 1943	10:35	I-180 (Yak-7)	PQ 35 Ost 71782, southeast of Bolschoje-BurlukTemplate:Sfn south-southeast of Bely Kolodez	105	8 May 1943	11:51	Il-2	PQ 34 Ost 75233, west of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Krymsk
62	28 March 1943	13:12	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 81714, southwest of ValuykiTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Valuyki	106	8 May 1943	11:52	Il-2	PQ 34 Ost 75234, west of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Krymsk
63	28 March 1943	13:15	Yak-7	PQ 35 Ost 81713, west of ValuykiTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Valuyki	107	8 May 1943	12:05	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 75231, south of KijewskojeTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Krymsk
64	2 April 1943	06:42	La-5	PQ 34 Ost 98371, east of MatwejewkurganTemplate:Sfn north of Sinjawka	108	8 May 1943	12:09	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 75263, southwest of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Krymsk
65♠	11 April 1943	09:35	P-39	PQ 34 Ost 85322, northeast of GelendzhikTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Erwanskaja	109	9 May 1943	08:35	Boston	PQ 34 Ost 75294, east-southeast of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn southwest of Krymsk
66♠	11 April 1943	09:37	P-39	PQ 85321, northeast of GelendzhikTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Erwanskaja	110	9 May 1943	18:07	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 75234, southern edge of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Krymsk
67♠	11 April 1943	09:40	P-39	PQ 34 Ost 85122, southwest of MingrelskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Erwanskaja	111	9 May 1943	18:15	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 75234, easternern edge of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Krymsk
68♠	11 April 1943	13:55	Il-2	PQ 34 Ost 75184, south of Anapa over seaTemplate:Sfn	112♠	10 May 1943	09:40	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 76831, northeastern edge of AnatassijewskajaTemplate:Sfn west of Slawjanskaja
69♠	11 April 1943	14:05	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 75392, southwest of NovorossiyskTemplate:Sfn Black Sea, southwest of Novorossiysk	113♠	10 May 1943	15:35	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 85173, southwest of AbinskajaTemplate:Sfn southwest of Abinsk
70	12 April 1943	10:25	P-39	PQ 34 Ost 86853, east of MarjanskajaTemplate:Sfn east of Marianskaja	114♠	10 May 1943	15:35	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 85171, southwest of AbinskajaTemplate:Sfn southwest of Abinsk
71	12 April 1943	10:35	P-40	PQ 34 Ost 86592, south of IwanowskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Iwanowskaja	115♠	10 May 1943	15:37	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 85144, southeast of AbinskajaTemplate:Sfn southwest of Abinsk
72	15 April 1943	15:30	P-39	PQ 34 Ost 86892, northern edge of KrasnodarTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Marianskaja	116♠	10 May 1943	15:50	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 85123, northeast of AbinskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Sswobodnyj
73	15 April 1943	16:12	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 85344, northeast of GelendzhikTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Leprasorium	117♠	10 May 1943	15:55	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 85114, east of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Mertschskaja
74	15 April 1943	16:15	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 85343, northwest of GelendzhikTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Leprasorium	118	11 May 1943	16:35	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 86721, southeast of Slavyansk-na-KubaniTemplate:Sfn southeast of Slavyansk-na-Kubani
75	16 April 1943	14:47	P-40	PQ 34 Ost 85114, east of KrymskajaTemplate:Sfn	119	11 May 1943	16:37	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 86712, south of Slavyansk-na-KubaniTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Slavyansk-na-Kubani
76	16 April 1943	14:55	P-39	PQ 34 Ost 85782, west of MingrelskajaTemplate:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 –Template:Sfn Mediterranean Theatre — July 1943
120	15 July 1943	12:12	Spitfire	southeast of NotoTemplate:Sfn	122	16 July 1943	12:50	B-24	southeast of PotenzaTemplate:Sfn
121	16 July 1943	08:10	Spitfire?Template:Refn	north of AugustaTemplate:Sfn	—	16 July 1943	12:55	B-24	southwest of BariTemplate:Sfn

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (24 July 1942)Template:Sfn
  • 1st Class (2 August 1942)Template:Sfn
• Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold (23 October 1942)Template:Sfn
• Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 25 June 1943 as Leutnant and pilotTemplate:Sfn
• German Cross in Gold on 23 December 1942 as Leutnant in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3Template:Sfn
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 1 June 1943 as Leutnant and Staffelführer of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"Template:SfnTemplate:Refn
  • 289th Oak Leaves on 31 August 1943 (posthumously) as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 27Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn