Personal: Male. Born in Germany, Germany.

Member of the German rocket team, went to America after the first group, arriving on 16 November 1945 aboard the Argentina from La Havre. He became a naturalized US citizen, and married Ellen von Bergwelt, a German citizen, in Huntsville in March 1956. They went to Germany, returning to the United States aboard the America on 5 June 1957. As of 1960, Head of Mechanical Systems Analsysis Branch, Quality Division, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Died at Huntsville.