7 December 1920 - Born in Gmünd (Austria)
October 1939 - Joined Luftwaffe
February 1941 - Joined JG 54 "Grünherz"
19 July 1941 - Scored his first aerial victories at the rank of Leutnant downing 3 Soviet aircraft
4 August 1942 - Added seven kills in a day and reached 54 victories
14 September 1942 - Decorated with the Knight's Cross after 56 kills
25 October 1942 - Appointed Kommandeur of 9/JG54
15 June 1943 - Passed 100 kills
18 August 1943 - Reached 150 aerial victories
4 September 1943 - Awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross (293th recipient of this decoration) after 189 victories
8 September 1943 - Reached 200 kills
22 September 1943 - Awarded the Swords to the Knight's Cross (37th recipient) after 218 victories
October 1943 - Shot down 32 Soviet aircraft in ten days
14 October 1943 - First to reach 250 victories
19 October 1943 - Received the Diamonds to the Oakleaves with Swords (8th recipient of the most coveted decoration)
15 November 1944 - Last Eastern victory (his 255th)
February 1944 - Took command of the training unit Schulegeschwader 101 at Pau (France)
1 September 1944 - Promoted to Major
26 September 1944 - Took command of the first jet fighter test Kommando (known as Kommando Nowotny)
27 September 1944 - Kommando Nowotny established at Achmer near Osnabrück
8 November 1944 - During an attack against USAAF four-engined bombers shot down a B-24 (his 258th victory), but was killed when crashed near Bramsche in his Me 262A-1a "White 8" after one of his aircraft engines failed (or hit by P-51D escort fighters ?)
VICTORIES
Total 258
Eastfront 255
Westfront 3
442 Combat missions