A Generalmajor (posthumous Generalleutnant) and Fliegerführer Südost-Kroatien. A recipient of the Knight's Cross, he died after the aircraft he was flying in (Ju52/3m; wn:7547; G6+KS of 8 Staffel, Transportgeschwader 4) crashed at Tišina Kaptolska in bad weather. The following also died in the crash: Aircrew: Flugzeugführer [pilot] Oberfeldwebel Ernst Henke Beobachter [observer] Unteroffizier Josef Kampelsberger Bordfunker [wireless operator] Unteroffizier Erich Damköhler Bordmechaniker [flight engineer] Feldwebel Willy Grigat Bordschütze [air gunner] Obergefreiter Heinz Schubert Passengers: Flug Assistenzarzt Ladislaus Janak Flug Assistenzarzt Obergefreiter Josef Lienemann Flug Assistenzarzt Unteroffizier Karl Jakob Reis Hauptmann Gerhard Wolf Oberleutnant Rudolf Steiner Inspektor Kurt Hübner Major Alfred Burkert