? - Joined JG26 "Schlageter"
6 November 1939 - Scored his first aerial victory shooting down a RAF Blenheim I bomber north of Cologne as Leutnant of III/JG26
31 May 1940 - Downed four aircraft over Dunkirk as Gruppen-Adjutant of III/JG26
14 September 1940 - Decorated with the Knight's Cross after 20 victories as Staffelkapitän of 7/JG26 "Red Heart"
9 February 1941 - Transferred to Gela (Sicily) with his 7th Staffel of JG26 at the rank of Oberleutnant after 23 kills in the West
February-August 1941 - Shot down 25 RAF aircraft in the Mediterranean area (19 over Malta)
28 March 1941 - Scored his 33th kill in his 200th mission
5 April 1941 - Flew to Italy with 7/JG26 to support the attack on Yugoslavia (Operation "Marita"), returned after two days
Late May 1941 - Posted to Greece with 7/JG26
June 1941 - Posted to Ain el Gazala (Libya) with 7/JG26
Late August 1941 - Returned to France with 7/JG26
? - Promoted to Hauptmann
? - Appointed Kommandeur of II/JG26 (the "Abbeville Boys") at Abbeville-Drucat
? 1942 - Posted to Russian Front
28 October 1942 - Tranferred to North Africa from USSR as Kommodore Stab./JG77
23 March 1943 - Killed in action during a dogfight southwest of Maknassy (Tunisia) in an aerial collision with a USAAF Spitfire (his 135th victim)
AWARDS
Knight's Cross
Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross
Swords to the Knight's Cross
Italian Golden Medal of Bravery
(only two non Italians received this award: Müncheberg and Marseille)
VICTORIES
Total 135
Westfront, Mediterranean and North Africa 102
Eastfront 33
Over 500 combat missions