 "Jagdfliegerschule 5" at the time was under the command of the World War I flying ace and recipient of the Pour le Mérite Eduard Ritter von Schleich.One of his course mates was Hans-Joachim Marseille, who had been posted to the "Jagdfliegerschule 5" in late 1939 but had not yet graduated out of disciplinary reasons.His three-roommates at the school were Walter Nowotny, Paul Galland, the brother of Adolf Galland, and Peter Göring, a nephew of the "Reichsmarschall" (Empire Marshal) Hermann Göring.