An Oberleutnant with 11 Staffel Jagdgeschwader 27, he died when his aircraft (Bf 109 G-6 ; wn: 140056) was shot down by a P-38 near Kap Rodoni [Cape of Rodon, north of Durrës, Albania]. He was credited with destroying 28 aircraft. Born in Bischweiler [Bischwiller].