STOTZ, Maximilian
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Stotz, Maximilian Date of birth:  February 13th, 1912 (Mannswörth/Lower Austria, Austria) Date of death:  August 19th, 1943 (north of Kirov, Eastern Front) Nationality:  Austrian BIOGRAPHY:  Max Stotz achieved 189 victories in over 500 operational flights.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: November 5th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: June 1st, 1940         LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG Awarded on: September 28th, 1940         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberfeldwebel Unit: 4. / Jagdgeschwader 54 Awarded on: December 1st, 1941 Details: Award 3/7         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberfeldwebel Unit: Flugzeugführer 5. / Jagdgeschwader 54 Awarded on: June 19th, 1942 Details: 486th Award         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Oberfeldwebel Unit: Flugzeugführer 5. / Jagdgeschwader 54 Awarded on: October 30th, 1942 Details: 137th Award.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001