A Hauptmann and Flugzeugführer [pilot] with Stab Erprobungsgruppe 210, he died during a mission to attack Croydon aerodrome, when his aircraft (Bf 110D-0; wn:3338; S9+AB) was shot down by a Hurricane of 111 Squadron RAF, piloted by John Marlow Thompson, and crashed at Catt's Hill near Rotherfield, Sussex. The Bordfunker [wireless operator] Ludwig Kretzer also died in the crash.
Holder of the Knight's Cross, the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, the Destroyer Operational Clasp and the Spanish Cross.
Holder of the Knight's Cross, the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, the Destroyer Operational Clasp and the Spanish Cross.
A Hauptmann and Flugzeugführer [pilot] with Stab Erprobungsgruppe 210, he died during a mission to attack Croydon aerodrome, when his aircraft (Bf 110D-0; wn:3338; S9+AB) was shot down by a Hurricane of 111 Squadron RAF, piloted by John Marlow Thompson, and crashed at Catt's Hill near Rotherfield, Sussex. The Bordfunker [wireless operator] Ludwig Kretzer also died in the crash.
Holder of the Knight's Cross, the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, the Destroyer Operational Clasp and the Spanish Cross.
Holder of the Knight's Cross, the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, the Destroyer Operational Clasp and the Spanish Cross.
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