De Havilland Mosquito
Matthews and Foreman, authors of "Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims", researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 34 aerial victory claims. This number includes two De Havilland Mosquito aircraft, five Halifax, 25 Lancaster and two further four-engined bombers of unknown type. All of his aerial victories were claimed in nocturnal combat over the Western Front in defense of the Reich.