[1] Born on 2 August 1917 in Freiburg im Breisgau, at the time in the Grand Duchy of Baden of the German Empire.

[3] By early 1941 Huy's Staffel served mainly as a Jaboflieger, flying ground support missions.

[5] During operations against Greece and Crete Huy carried out several successful attacks on shipping in an Bf 109F-4 coded 'White 1', (Werknummer 8334—factory number).

III./JG 77 claimed some 34,000 tonnes of shipping sunk, including the 22,000 ton freighter 'Hellas' as well as damaging the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Fiji and a destroyer.

Gruppe supported the advance East as part of Army Group South, and scored heavily.

[8] Both Huy and the Gruppenkommandeur (group commander), Major Alexander von Winterfeldt, received the Knight's Cross at the airfield at Iași.

On 23 January 1942, his Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 was damaged in aerial combat resulting in a forced landing at Tarpowka.

[10] His opponent may have been the Soviet pilot from 32 IAP,[Note 2] Starshiy Leytenant Mikhail Avdeyev.

[14] Following his recovery from the wounds sustained in March, Huy returned to JG 77 on 2 August 1942, again taking command of 7.

[24][23] According to Obermaier, Huy was credited with 40 aerial victories, including 37 on the Eastern Front, claimed in over 500 combat missions.