Bio of Generalleutnant Rudolf-Eduard Licht (1890-1978)

 

Rudolf-Eduard Hugo Heinrich Licht

Date of Birth: 11.06.1890 - Holzhaleben, Sondershausen, Thuringen (German Empire)
Date of Death: 14.09.1978 - Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg (West Germany)

Promotions:
19.12.1911 Fähnrich
18.08.1912 Leutnant
27.01.1916 Oberleutnant
01.05.1922 Rittmeister/Hauptmann
01.02.1933 Major
01.08.1935 Oberstleutnant
01.03.1938 Oberst
01.02.1942 Generalmajor
01.02.1944 Generalleutnant

Career:
Entered Army Service (17 Mar 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 167th Infantry-Regiment (17 Mar 1911-01 Oct 1913)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-22 Nov 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (22 Nov 1914-07 Feb 1915)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (07 Feb 1915-02 Aug 1916)
Company-Leader in the 167th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1916-15 Oct 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1916-11 Jan 1917)
Company-Leader in the 167th Infantry-Regiment (11 Jan 1917-08 Jul 1917)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (08 Jul 1917-04 Nov 1918)
In British Captivity (04 Nov 1918-01 Nov 1919)
Transferred into the 22nd Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Dec 1919-01 Jun 1920)
Transferred into the 21st Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Jun 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Detached for Subsidiary-Leadership-Training and transferred into the 15th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1923)
With the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Company-Chief in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1929)
Instructor at the Infantry School (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the Training-Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Leipzig (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 101st Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of Instruction-Group C of the War School Dresden (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of Instruction-Group A of the War School Wiener Neustadt (10 Nov 1938-01 Sep 1939)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Sep 1939-01 Dec 1939)
Commander of the 40th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1939-23 Jul 1941)
Commander of the 17th Rifle-Brigade (23 Jul 1941-11 Nov 1941)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 17th Panzer-Division (11 Nov 1941-01 Feb 1942)
Commander of the 17th Panzer-Division (01 Feb 1942-10 Oct 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Oct 1942-01 Nov 1942)
Commander of Division 487 (01 Nov 1942-15 Mar 1943)
Führer-Reserve & Detached to Army-Group Nord (15 Jun 1943-12 Oct 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 21st Luftwaffe-Field-Division (12 Oct 1943-01 Nov 1943)
Commander of the 21st Field-Division (L) (01 Nov 1943-01 Nov 1944)
Commander of the 710th Infantry-Division (01 Nov 1944-15 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards and Decorations:
25.10.1914 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
09.08.1916 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
00.00.191_ Schwarzburgisches Ehrenkreuz III.Klasse mit Schwertern
00.00.191_ k.u.k. Österreichische Militär-Verdienstkreuz III.Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
26.05.1918 Verwundetenabzeichen 1918 in Schwarz
15.01.1935 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914-1918
02.10.1936 Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
00.00.19__ 1939 spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ 1939 spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
30.08.1941 Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres
18.10.1941 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, as Oberst and Kommandeur 17. Schützen-Brigade
00.00.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942” (Ostmedaille)

Front inspection: Divisionskommandeur Rudolf-Eduard Licht (3rd from right) and Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch (right)

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2010/09/daftar-generalleutnant-heer-letnan.html
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant2/LICHT_RUDOLF.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/11169/Licht-Rudolf-Eduard.htm

Bio of Oberbootsmannsmaat Wilhelm Becker

Wilhelm Becker

Date of Birth:
Date of Death:

Promotions:
00.00.19__ Oberbootsmannsmaat

Career:
00.00.19__ seemännischer Unteroffizier in Vorpostenboot 1812 / 18.Vorpostenflottille

Awards and Decorations:
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
26.10.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, as Oberbootsmannsmaat and seemännischer Unteroffizier (seaman's non-commissioned officer) in Vorpostenboot 1812 / 18.Vorpostenflottille

Source :
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/14174/Becker-Wilhelm.htm

Bio of Major Paul Block

Paul Block

Date of Birth: 16.05.1915 - Pommern (German Empire)
Date of Death: unknown

Religion: Evangelist
Father: Eduard Block (priest)
Mother: Frieda Schmidt
Wife: Gisela Leistikow (born 25.09.1921)
Children: Two sons (born in 13.11.1932 and 03.11.1942)

Promotions:
20.04.1936 Leutnant, RDA 01.04.1936 (850)
31.03.1939 Oberleutnant, RDA 01.04.1939 (129)
15.02.1942 Hauptmann, RDA 01.03.1942 (105)
01.03.1944 Major (19a)

Career:
04.06.1934 Entered Infanterie-Regiment 4
16.06.1934 Sworn-in
06.10.1936 Member of II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 94
26.08.1939 - 27.09.1941 Chef 12.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 94
28.09.1941 - 11.06.1942 Chef MG-Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 94
15.06.1942 - 19.01.1943 Inspektionschef Schule V für Offiziersanwärter der Infanterie
20.01.1943 - 28.02.1943 Führerreserve OKH
01.03.1943 - 24.03.1943 Stabsoffizier 321. Infanterie-Division
25.03.1943 - 09.11.1943 Adjutant 321. Infanterie-Division
10.11.1943 - 09.12.1943 Führerreserve OKH
10.12.1943 Adjutant 352. Infanterie-Division

Awards and Decorations:
03.10.1939 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
19.08.1941 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
15.12.1941 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

LINK DOCUMENT FILE IN THE GENERALKARTEI

Source:
Bundesarchiv

Studio Portrait of Luftwaffe Personnel in Tropical Uniform

Nice original postcard sized Luftwaffe portrait picture with full tropical uniform and a ribbon to the Deutsch-Italienische Erinnerungsmedaille an den Afrika-Feldzug.

Source :
https://fjm44.com/product/luftwaffe-portrait-picture-with-tropical-uniform-and-afrika-ribbon/

Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot in Avignon

Photograph, portrait. Uniformed Luftwaffe fighter pilot. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "Junior fighter pilots learn gunnery. (See leader)/ These young fighter pilots are between school and front. They get the 'finishing touches' in a training group, with multiple air and gunnery exercises under the guidance of experienced fighter pilots. Soon, the beginners will be able to record their first success, when they fly together with the 'old hands' against the enemy. Avignon, 4/10/43." Avignon, France. 4 October 1943.

Source :
https://www.ww2online.org/search-page?f%5B0%5D=field_tgm%3AMilitary%20air%20pilots--German--France

Afrikakorps Soldiers with Sand Protector

Goggles, scarves and headdresses were indespensible for blocking sand and the sun, and for preventing sun strokes. The heat often caused mirages. The wind, named "ghibli" by the Italians, could blow at more than 150 km/hours and caused terrible sand-storm, which could last up to three days. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Albrecht Heinrich Otto of PK (Propaganda-Kompanie) "Afrika" in April 1941.

Source :
"Deutsche Afrikakorps (1941-1943)" by Ricardo Recio Cardona
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-785-0285-14A,_Nordafrika,_Soldat_mit_Sandschutz.2.jpg

Oberleutnant Diekmann of Afrikakorps

Both the sun and washing worked to bleach out the colours of the clothes. The young officer in this picture, dated 3 May 1942, was Oberleutnant Diekmann, aide to General Erwin Rommel of Afrikakorps. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Ernst Alexander Zwilling.

Source :
"Deutsche Afrikakorps (1941-1943)" by Ricardo Recio Cardona

Luftwaffe Ace Hans Galubinski

Feldwebel Hans Galubinski of 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) was credited with eight aircraft destroyed (and a ninth unconfirmed) between 12 May and 6 June 1940, although he was himself shot down on the latter date by Adj Jean Crocq of GC II/1. Assigned to 7./JG 53, Galubinski and his Staffel had taken on 12 MB.152s near Soissons. Three Bloch fighters were destroyed, although Galubinski was in turn shot down after claiming two of his French opponents. The ace was fired on by furious civilians as he descended beneath his parachute, being seriously wounded by shotgun pellets prior to his capture! Galubinski would received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 2 July 1942.

Source :
"Jagdgeschwader 53 'Pik'As' Bf 109 Aces of 1940" by Chris Goss & Chris Davey
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/23112/Galubinski-Hans.htm

Fallschirmjäger Training in Norway

At Banak airfield in Norway, a Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) non-commissioned officer shortly before a joint demonstration with 8./LLG 1 (Lulftlandegeschwader 1). The picture was taken autumn 1943 by Wolfgang Stocker from Kriegsberichterzug XII. Fliegerkorps

Generalmajor Joseph "Beppo" Schmid (facing the camera in the middle, Kommandierender General XII. Fliegerkorps)

Source :
https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?auteur=1509513

Bio of General der Panzertruppe Hans Röttiger (1896-1960)

 

General der Panzertruppe Hans Röttiger
Born: 16.04.1896 in Hamburg.
Died: 15.04.1960 in Bonn.

Promotions:
15.09.1914 Fahnenjunker
ca. 1914 Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
30.09.1915 Leutnant
01.04.1925 Oberleutnant
01.10.1931 Hauptmann i.G.
01.01.1936 Major i.G.
01.02.1939 Oberstleutnant i.G.
01.01.1941 Oberst i.G.
01.02.1942 Generalmajor
01.09.1943 Generalleutnant
30.01.1945 General der Panzertruppe
00.00.19__ Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Career:
15.09.1914 - 20.09.1915 Entered service as Fahnenjunker, assigned to Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 45 (Base: Hamburg-Altona).
30.09.1915 - 00.06.1918 Commissioned/assigned to Fuß-Artillerie-Regiment 20. Saw action in Gorlice, Tarnow, and around Lemberg on the Eastern Front; fought at Verdun and on the Somme in 1916, in combat in Flanders in 1917, and in the great Spring offensive of 1918.
00.06.1918 - 00.11.1918 Ordonnanzoffizier to Artilleriekommandeur der Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz.
00.11.1918 - 01.01.1921 Again assigned to Fußartillerie-Regiment 20.
01.01.1921 - 00.00.1923 Assigned to Artillerie-Regiment 4.
00.00.1923 - 00.00.1925 Assigned to Wehrkreis-Kommando IV (HQ: Dresden).
00.00.1930 - 00.00.1931 Attended Lehrgang R, Reichswehrministerium (training as general staff officer.

10.11.1938 - 15.10.1939 Assigned to the Generalstab des Heeres.
15.10.1939 - 05.02.1940 Ia of VI.Armee-Korps.
05.02.1940 - 01.01.1940 Chef des Generalstabes of XXXXI.Armee-Korps.
01.01.1942 - 28.04.1942 Chef des Generalstabes of 4.Panzer-Armee.
28.04.1942 - 16.07.1943 Chef des Generalstabes of 4.Armee.
16.07.1943 - 24.03.1944 Chef des Generalstabes of Heeresgruppe A.
05.06.1944 - 08.05.1945 Chef des Generalstabes of Heeresgruppe C.

Postwar Confinement & Bundeswehr Service:
In British captivity, 02.05.1945 - 00.00.1948.
21.09.1956 – 15.04.1960 Inspekteur des Heeres der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. First holder of this post. Succeeded Generalleutnant Alfred Zerbel.

Decorations & Awards:
26.01.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as Oberst i.G. and Chef des Generalstabes XXXXI.Armee-Korps
1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
ca. 1934 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen

Notes:
* Son of Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Röttiger, director of an Oberrealschule and a Major d. R. in World War I. Grandson of an Oberst and great-grandson of a General der Artillerie.
* Married in 1923 to Ilse Boldt; one daughter (born 1925)

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Hans Röttiger (16 April 1896 – 15 April 1960) joined the Prussian Army in 1914 and served from 1915 as a Leutnant in the 20th Artillery Regiment. After the First World War he served in the Reichswehr as a battery officer, adjutant, and battery chief. He then served as an officer on the General Staff of the Wehrmacht.

At the beginning of the Second World War Röttiger was an Oberstleutnant and he served from 1939–1940 as the Chief of Operations for VI Corps. From 1940–1942 he was Chief of Staff of XXXXI Corps and was then appointed the Chief of Staff of the 4th Panzer Army on the Eastern Front, serving at Stalingrad. From 1943 to 1944 he was Chief of Staff of the 4th Army and then of Army Group A from 1944–1945 under Generaloberst Josef Harpe. He then became the Chief of Staff of Army Group C in Italy under Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring. On 30 January 1945 he was promoted to General der Panzertruppe.

Röttiger was a prisoner of war of the British and Americans from the end of the war until 1948. In 1950 he was a participant at the meeting to discuss the establishment of a new German defence force; the result of the meeting was the Himmerod memorandum.

Röttiger was accepted into the Bundeswehr in 1956 at the rank of Generalleutnant. On 21 September 1957 he became the first Inspector of the Army and was instrumental in its early development.

Röttiger was diagnosed with cancer in the late 1950s and spent his last years undergoing treatment. In the morning of 15 April 1960 he died in office, one day before his 64th birthday.

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_R%C3%B6ttiger
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General2/ROETTIGER_HANS.html
http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2015/05/rottiger-hans-1604189615041960.html

Bio of Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Otto Zech (1886-1965)

Generalmajor Otto Zech
Born: 21 Oct 1886 in Suckowshof, Pomerania (Pommern)
Died: 07 May 1965 in Murnau, Bavaria (Bayern)

Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (14 Mar 1905); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1905); Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (02 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1916); Major (01 Jan 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Sep 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1944)

Career:
Entered the Army (14 Mar 1905)
Company-Officer in the 31st Infantry-Regiment (14 Mar 1905-30 Sep 1913)
Pilot-Training (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the 9th Field-Flying-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-09 Feb 1915)
Detached to Army Flight Park 6 (10 Feb 1915-14 Dec 1915)
Pilot in Combat-Wing 4 of the OHL (15 Dec 1915-14 Oct 1917)
Leader of Army Flight Park 1 (15 Oct 1917-09 Nov 1918)
Demobilisation with the 31st Infantry-Regiment (10 Oct 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Leader of the Volunteer-Squadron of the 8th Hussar-Regiment (01 Jan 1919-15 Jan 1919)
Demobilisation with the 31st Infantry-Regiment (16 Jan 1919-13 Feb 1919)
Company-Leader with Volunteer Landes-Jäger-Corps Maerker (14 Feb 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Retired (30 Sep 1920)
Entered the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (28 Aug 1934); Active-Officer (01 Jul 1941)
Commander of Flying-Group (P) in Seerappen (28 Aug 1934-31 Mar 1938)
Commander of Air-Park Stendal (01 Apr 1938-31 Dec 1938)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Office Göttingen (01 Jan 1939-30 Nov 1939)
Quartermaster with Air-Region-Command I (01 Dec 1939-31 May 1940)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group West France (01 Jun 1940-31 Mar 1941)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 17 (01 Apr 1941-09 Jun 1941)
Commander of Field-Air-Equipment-Group Romania (10 Jun 1941-25 Dec 1941)
Commander of Field-Air-Equipment-Group Italy (26 Dec 1941-31 Oct 1943)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 1 (01 Nov 1943-07 Mar 1944)
Commander of Air-Region-Troop I, Königsberg and Danzig (08 Mar 1944-30 Nov 1944)
To Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division, Braunschweig (01 Dec 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
Königlichen Preußischen Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
Kriegsverdienstkreuz II.Klasse mit Schwertern
Kriegsverdienstkreuz I.Klasse mit Schwertern

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2378188#p2378188
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/Generalmajor/ZECH_OTTO.html

Paul Dickopf as a Soldier of the Wehrmacht

 

Paul Dickopf as a soldier of the Wehrmacht in June 1935. The picture was taken by Wilhelm Doff.

Paul (Paulinus) Dickopf (June 9, 1910 – September 19, 1973) was a member of the NSDAP and SS in the Security Service (SD) and a secret agent in Switzerland, who became a member of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Between 1965 and 1971, he was the 4th president of the BKA and a paid "unilateral agent" of the CIA.

Under the Nazi government of Adolf Hitler, he was a member of the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel. Dickopf, before and during World War II had been an active Nazi officer in the Schutzstaffel (SS) with SS number 337259. Dickopf's SS personnel file reveals that he became a member in 1935 of the National Socialist German Students' League (Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund; abbreviated NSDStB) having the same status and membership requirements of the official Nazi Party, the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP).

After voluntary army service (1934-1935) he began his police career in 1937 at the Kriminal-Polizei ('Kripo'- Criminal Police) as a criminal commissar candidate serving the last three months in the Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS. In 1938 he volunteered for the Führerschule (leadership school) of 'Sipo' (Sicherheits-Polizei - Security Police). Fifteen SS officers of the rank of lieutenant upwards sponsored him. Dickopf was recommended for officer rank by the commandant of the SD school and graduated as an SS Untersturmführer (Lieutenant) became a criminal commissar and member of the SD. Dickopf later enrolled in the general SS in 1939, however, any record of his war activities are obscure since his SS file for that period is incomplete.

Dickopf was elected as the president of Interpol in 1968. While his former Nazi connections were known, he maintained his post until 1972.

Throughout his tenure as president of Interpol he was regarded as a conscientious and diligent professional, always stressing the organization's political neutrality. He was praised for his work by Hans-Dietrich Genscher as a "role model for the German police".

Dickopf died from a brief but fatal illness on September 19, 1973 in Bonn, Germany.

On June 25, 2012, the "Paul-Dickopf-Straße", a street in Meckenheim, seat of the BKA, bearing Dickopf's name as a remembrance for his presidency of the BKA, was renamed "Gerhard-Boeden-Straße" as a symbolic act following the revelations about Dickopf's masterminding the recruiting of former Nazi officials into the BKA.

After his death it was revealed that Dickopf had made the Federal Criminal Police a safe haven for former Nazi and SS officials, a large number of them war criminals. Under his leadership some concepts of National Socialism were still upheld and practised, for example in the way members of Sinti and Roma were treated.

According to documents in the National Archives in Washington, which were released in 2007, the CIA made payments to Dickopf from 1965 to 1971, while he was president of the BKA. He is categorized in the files as a "unilateral agent". One note about Dickopf by the then head of the CIA says: '"Our relationship with Mr Dickopf is mainly of a secret nature, the official contacts being used as a cover up for meetings". Dickopf passed on to the CIA information on leading officials as well as on internal affairs of the BKA and other authorities.

 

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dickopf

Bio of Generalmajor Fritz Salitter (1882-1963)

Fritz Salitter (19 April 1882 - 6 May 1963) joined the Royal Prussian Army on November 12, 1897. The son of a postman, he went to Unteroffiziersvorschule Bartenstein. On October 17, 1899, he was transferred to the Unteroffiziersvorschule in Potsdam. On October 1, 1901, he was transferred to the 4th Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 66. On June 1, 1906, he was appointed a fireworker. On November 1, 1907, he was promoted to Zeugfeldwebel. On March 31, 1913, he retired from the army. He went to the police in Wiesbaden after this. From October 1, 1914 to November 22, 1918, he took part in the First World War. On June 1, 1915, he was promoted to Zeugleutnant. In 1915 he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class. On April 1, 1921, he was transferred as a police major with the seniority of July 26, 1905 to the Erfurt Security Police. In 1933 he was appointed commander of the Wahn shooting range near Cologne. On October 1, 1933, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the police force. On April 1, 1936, he was promoted to police colonel. On the same day he was accepted into the army as a colonel. His seniority was set on the same day. He was assigned to the Artillery Regiment 16. But he continued to serve as the commander of the Wahn exercise area. Later, his place was also referred to as the Wahn military training area. Even at the beginning of World War II in the summer of 1939 he kept his command. On April 1, 1940, he was given the character of major general. In the summer of 1940 he gave his command to Colonel Max Ber. On August 1, 1940, he was then appointed commander of the southern military training area. As such, he was promoted to major general on April 1, 1941. On March 20, 1943, he married Anne Eichler for the second time. On May 5, 1943, he was appointed commander of the field command 768 (FK 768). With this he was used in the southern section of the eastern front. On November 15, 1943, he gave up his command. He was then transferred to the Führerreserve. He already wore both classes of the War Merit Cross with swords. On April 30, 1944, he was retired from active service in the Wehrmacht.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2365160#p2365160
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SalitterFritz.htm

Bio of General der Flieger / Artillerie Leonhard Kaupisch

GENERAL DER FLIEGER LEONHARD KAUPISCH
Born: 01 Sep 1878 in Bitterfeld
Died: 26 Sep 1945 in Weimar

Promotions:
Fähnrich (08 Oct 1898); Leutnant (18 Aug 1899); Oberleutnant (17 Sep 1909); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1909); Major (16 Sep 1917); Oberstleutnant (05 Feb 1923); Oberst (01 Feb 1927); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1930); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1932); General der Flieger (01 Dec 1935); umernannt zum General der Artillerie z.V. (01 Sep 1940)

Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 6th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Mar 1898-31 Mar 1911)
Detached to the Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1901-30 Sep 1903)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 6th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1903-30 Sep 1907)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1907-21 Jul 1910)
In the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1911-26 Jan 1914)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the General-Staff of the XI. Army-Corps (27 Jan 1914-10 Feb 1915)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 79th Reserve-Division (11 Feb 1915-22 Oct 1916)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of the II. Battalion of the 66th Field-Artillery-Regiment (03 Oct 1915-15 Nov 1915)
With the General-Staff of the 8th Army (23 Oct 1916-12 Jul 1917)
With the General-Staff of Special-Purpose-General-Command 56 (13 Jul 1917-15 Jan 1918)
At the same time, Chief Of Staff of Section-Command Duschky (22 Jul 1917-12 Dec 1917)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the XI. Army-Corps (16 Jan 1918-16 Sep 1918)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the XIV. Reserve-Corps (17 Sep 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Detached to the General-Staff of the XI. Reserve-Corps (02 Jan 1919-30 Sep 1919)
With the Staff of Group-Command 2, Kassel (01 Oct 1919-31 Jan 1923)
With the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1923-30 Nov 1923)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1923-31 Mar 1926)
Course-Leader at the Artillery-School Jüterbog (01 Apr 1926-31 Oct 1927)
Chief Of Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Nov 1927-31 Jan 1930)
Artillery-Leader V (01 Feb 1930-30 Sep 1932)
Retired (30 Sep 1932)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as President of the Higher Air Office Berlin (01 Apr 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Commander in Air-District II, Berlin (01 Mar 1935-31 Mar 1938)
Retired (31 Mar 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of the Army with Military-District-Command III (01 Jan 1939-25 Aug 1939)
Commander of Border-Protection-Command 1 (Corps Kaupisch) (26 Aug 1939-24 Oct 1939)
Commanding General of the XXXI. Army-Corps (25 Oct 1939-09 Apr 1942)
At the same time, Military-Commander Denmark (09 Apr 1940-31 May 1940)
Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Apr 1941-30 Sep 1942)
Retired (30 Sep 1942)

Decorations & Awards:
• Prussian Red Eagle Order, 4th Class
• Prussian Crown Order, 4th Class
• Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House Order, Knight’s Cross with Swords
• Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914)
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
• Saxon Albert Order, Knight 2nd Class
• Württemberg Friedrich Order, Knight 1st Class with Swords
• Hamburg Hanseatic Cross
• Bremen Hanseatic Cross
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach House Order of Vigilance or the White Falcon, Knight 2nd Class with Swords
• Saxe-Ernestine Ducal House Order, Knight 1st Class with Swords
• Reuß Honor Cross, 3rd Class with Crown and Swords
• Lippe War Merit Cross
• Prussian Officers’ Long Service Cross (Not authorized for wear after the establishment of the Third Reich-era Armed Forces Long Service Awards on 16 March 1936.)
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)
• Austrian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration

 

Source ;
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=51769

Bio of General der Infanterie Walter Buhle

Walter Buhle (26 October 1894 – 28 December 1959) was born in Heilbronn, Wuerttemberg, on October 26, 1894. He joined the Imperial Army as a Fahnenjunker on July 10, 1913, received his commission in August 1914 (just as World War I broke out), and served mainly with the Wuerttemberger 124th Infantry Regiment (27th Infantry Division) in Lorraine and the 122nd Fusilier Regiment (26th Infantry Division) on the Eastern Front. Severely wounded in June 1915, he recovered, underwent mortar training, and served with a mortar battalion for the rest of the war. After serving as a signals officer with the Reichsheer’s 13th Infantry Regiment at Ludwigsburg, Wuerttemberg (1921), he transferred to the Wuerttemberger 18th Cavalry Regiment, where he began his General Staff training. After attending the College for Politics in Berlin (1925–1926), Buhle worked in the Defense Ministry and Group Command 1 in Berlin (1926–1930). Promoted to captain in 1926, he commanded a company in the 13th Infantry Regiment from 1930 to late 1932, when he returned to the Defense Ministry and was assigned to the Organizations Department (T-2). Promoted to major in 1933 and lieutenant colonel in 1936, he commanded II/87th Infantry Regiment, a former provincial police unit in Aschaffenburg, northwest Bavaria, from October 1936 to October 1937. He was Ia of Wehrkreis V at Stuttgart from October 1937 to November 1938, when he was posted to the army General Staff. He was promoted to full colonel in early 1939 and, in recognition of his knowledge and technical expertise in the field of armaments, he was named head of the Organizations Section of OKH five days before World War II began. A convinced Nazi, Buhle was rewarded for his loyalty and hard work by promotion to major general in 1940 and to lieutenant general in 1942.

Buhle was given greater responsibility when he was assigned to the post of chief of the army staff at OKW in January 1942. He was disliked by other generals, for he meddled in everything and was a trusted informant for Hitler. General Warlimont noticed his personality flaws and wrote that Buhle bypassed Keitel (the chief of OKW and his direct superior) and established a direct, personal relationship with Hitler.

Buhle’s isolation at Fuehrer Headquarters, along with his propensity for offering a view on all matters (his “meddling”) was apparent at a Fuehrer conference on July 25, 1943. The conference centered on the Italian situation, which had deteriorated, as Mussolini had been removed from power the previous day, and the German situation in the Mediterranean was potentially desperate. Hitler was discussing the situation with Jodl and Keitel when Buhle interjected that Italy must be given top priority for all transport vehicles. He even insisted that everything on the assembly line or on the way to the East should be sent to the German troops in the Rome area. He made this recommendation at a time when army groups Center and South were fighting the largest armored battle in history at Kursk and needed all the vehicles they could possibly get to supply and reinforce their regiments.

Buhle, in charge of army transport, fumed at the generals who always demanded more and, Buhle believed, interfered with his allocation plans. In December 1943, for example, Buhle complained during a Fuehrer briefing that he could assure that there would be adequate tank battalions in the West, provided no one took them away. “No sooner have I got something together,” he went on, “than it’s gone.” Hitler angrily asked if Buhle was referring to him, which of course he was not. His remark was aimed at Colonel General Kurt Zeitzler, who had replaced Halder as the chief of OKH in September 1942.

This type of criticism of OKH by Buhle and others contributed to Hitler’s declining confidence in General Zeitzler. On the other hand, Hitler demonstrated his faith in Buhle by promoting him to general of infantry on April 1, 1944. The Fuehrer wanted to make him chief of the General Staff in place of Zeitzler later that year; however, Buhle was severely wounded by the July 20 explosion at Hitler’s headquarters and was in the hospital for some time. He did not fully recover for weeks after that. Ironically enough, the would-be assassin was Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a talented General Staff officer who had been one of Buhle’s principal assistants in the Organizations Branch from 1940 to 1942. After some initial friction the two had worked well together, although the aristocratic Stauffenberg commented at the time that Buhle was “not altogether” a gentleman.

In January 1945, Hitler chose Buhle to replace Emil von Leeb as head of the Army Weapons Office (i.e., chief of armaments for the army). Buhle did his best to supply the German field forces, but the combination of Allied bombing and lack of labor made his task nearly impossible. Nonetheless, he gave it his best effort. It is interesting to note that it was Buhle who by chance found Admiral Wilhelm Canaris’s diaries, which clearly indicated that the former chief of the Abwehr had been in contact with the anti-Hitler conspirators of July 20. Ever the pro-Hitler informer, Buhle handed the evidence over to the Gestapo. As a result the admiral was stripped naked, taken out, and hanged by the SS on April 9, 1945.

General Buhle survived the war and the subsequent trials. Released from Allied captivity in 1947, he retired to Stuttgart, where he died on December 28, 1959.

Source :
"Hitler's Commanders" by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. and Gene Mueller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Buhle

Adolf Heusinger Career Post World War II

An internee from 1945 to 1947, Adolf Heusinger (4 August 1897 – 30 November 1982) testified during the Nuremberg Trials.

In 1950, he became an advisor on military matters to Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of West Germany. He served in the Blank Office Amt Blank, the office headed by Theodor Blank, which became the West German Ministry of Defense in 1955.

With the establishment of the West Germany Armed Forces Bundeswehr in 1955, Heusinger returned to military service. He was appointed a Generalleutnant (lieutenant general) on 12 November 1955, in the Bundeswehr and chairman of the Military Leadership Council (Militärischer Führungsrat).

In March 1957, he succeeded Hans Speidel as chief of the Bundeswehr's all-armed forces department (Chef der Abteilung Gesamtstreitkräfte).

Shortly thereafter, in June 1957, Heusinger was promoted to full general and named the first Inspector General of the Bundeswehr (Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr), and served in that capacity until March 1961. In April 1961, he was appointed Chairman of the NATO Military Committee in Washington, D.C., where he served until 1964 when he retired. He was, according to news reports, wanted by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s for war crimes committed in the occupied Soviet territories.

Heusinger died in Cologne on 30 November 1982, aged 85.

According to documents released by the German Federal Intelligence Service in 2014, Heusinger may have been part of the Schnez-Truppe, a secret army that veterans of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS sought to establish in the early '50s.

 

Source :
https://www.alexautographs.com/auction-lot/adolf-heusinger_2CF4CA3A79
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Heusinger

Bio of Oberst Albrecht Czimatis (1897-1984)

Czimatis, Albrecht Adolf Heinrich Peter, Dr.-Ing., Dipl.-Ing.
*18.04.1897 in Kattowitz, Königreich Preußen
†22.12.1984 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg

Vater: Dr. Ludwig Czimatis, Geheimer- und Oberregierungsrat (RAO4, EK2w)
Mutter: Marie, geb. Richarz
Ehefrau: Maria Nora Cäcilia Ludowika, geb. Brendgen (05.01.1897-06.03.1943), verheiratet den 18.05.1921 in Breslau

Beförderungen:
01.03.1915 Gefreiter
06.06.1915 Unteroffizier
27.01.1916 Vizewachtmeister
31.05.1916 Leutnant der Reserve
10.04.1918 Leutnant, vorläufig ohne Patent
14.12.1918 Patent vom 24.03.1915 erhalten
01.07.1922 RDA vom 01.09.1915 (320) erhalten
31.07.1925 m.W.v. 01.04.1925 (273) Oberleutnant
01.08.1931 Hauptmann (2)
01.01.1936 Major mit RDA vom 01.12.1935 (64b)
01.01.1939 Oberstleutnant (70)
20.04.1939 anderweitiges RDA vom 01.01.1938 (65b) erhalten
01.12.1940 Oberst (31)

Dienstlaufbahn:
01.09.1914 als Kriegsfreiwilliger in das Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 6 eingetreten
23.02.1915 in das Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 11 versetzt
14.10.1916 der II. Ersatz-Abteilung des Feldartillerie-Regiments Nr. 6 für Neuformation überwiesen
21.10.1916 in das Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 86 versetzt
09.11.1917 in das Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 40 versetzt
10.04.1918 als aktiver Leutnant im Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 40 angestellt
25.03.1919 zur Reichswehr übergetreten
19.05.1919 zur 2. Freiwilligen Batterie des Feldartillerie-Regiments Nr. 40 (Infanterie-Geschütz-Batterie Nr. 8)
03.10.1919 Adjutant der II. Abteilung des Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiments 4
25.09.1920 Artillerie-Regiment 16 (infolge Umformierung)
31.12.1920 als Abteilungs-Adjutant im Artillerie-Regiment 4 in das Reichsheer übernommen
23.09.1924 ab 01.10.1924 zum Besuch der Technischen Hochschule in Dresden kommandiert
07.09.1928 Berechtigung zur Führung des Titels Dipl.-Ing.
27.02.1930-19.03.1931 zum Reichswehrministerium kommandiert
04.03.1930 Berechtigung zur Führung des Titels Dr.-Ing.
01.10.1931 Chef der 8. Batterie des 4. Artillerie-Regiments
01.10.1934 III. Abteilung des Artillerie-Regiments Dresden (laut Stellenbesetzung)
14.06.1935 m.W.v. 01.07.1935 in das Reichskriegsministerium (Wehrwirtschaftliche Abteilung) versetzt
17.11.1936 m.W.v. 01.10.1936 zu den Offizieren zur Verfügung des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres (Sonst. Offz.) versetzt
24.05.1937 mit d. 01.06.1937 mit der Wahrnehmung der Geschäfte eines Abteilungschefs beauftragt
24.06.1937 mit d. 01.07.1937 zu den Offizieren zur Verfügung des Reichskriegsministers und Oberbefehlshabers der Wehrmacht versetzt
12.10.1937 zur Verfügung des Beauftragten für den Vierjahresplan (mit Wahrnehmung der Geschäfte eines Abteilungschefs beauftragt) (laut Stellenbesetzung)
14.06.1939 mit d. 01.07.1939 Kommandeur der III. Abteilung des Artillerie-Regiments 15
12.09.1939 mit d. 05.09.1939 Kommandeur des Artillerie-Regiments 96
10.11.1939 mit d. 01.11.1939 Kommandeur des Artillerie-Regiments 150
28.11.1940 mit d. 16.11.1940 zum Oberkommando des Heeres / Chef der Heeresrüstung und Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres (Stab) kommandiert
18.03.1941 mit d. 15.02.1941 in das Oberkommando des Heeres / Chef der Heeresrüstung und Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres (Stab) versetzt (Gruppenleiter Rüstung)
14.08.1941 mit d. 23.07.1941 Kommandeur des Artillerie-Regiments 83
04.01.1943 Führer der 305. Infanterie-Division
xx.xx.1943 bei Stalingrad in sowjetische Gefangschaft geraten

Auszeichnungen:
12.08.1916 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
26.09.1918 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
31.10.1918 Großherzoglich Badischer Orden vom Zähringer Löwen, Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern
19.01.1935 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
02.10.1936 Wehrmacht (Heer) Dienstauszeichnung 4. bis 2. Klasse
xx.xx.19xx 1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuze 2. Klasse
xx.xx.19xx 1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuze 1. Klasse
02.07.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=63527&start=15

Bio of General der Flieger Rudolf "Ralph" Wenninger

General der Flieger Rudolf (Ralph) Wenninger
Born: 22 Apr 1890 in Munich (München)
Died: 01 Mar 1945 in Merano (Meran),Tyrol (Tirol) (in Villa Emma Hospital)

Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (21 Apr 1908); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1910); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Kapitänleutnant (16 Nov 1917); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1926); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1931); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1934); Oberst (01 Oct 1934); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1936); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1938); General der Flieger (01 Nov 1940)

Career
Entered the Navy (03 Apr 1907)
Initial Infantry Training at the Naval-School Mürwik (03 Apr 1907-08 Apr 1907)
Seekadett on Board the School-Ship 'Freya' (09 Apr 1907-12 May 1907)
Seekadett on Board the School-Ship 'Charlotte' (13 May 1907-31 Mar 1908)
Officer-Training at the Naval-School Mürwik (01 Apr 1908-31 Mar 1909)
Artillery-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (01 Apr 1909-30 Jun 1909)
Torpedo-Course on Board the Torpedo-School-Ship 'Württemberg' (01 Jul 1909-31 Aug 1909)
Infantry-Course with the II. Sea-Battalion (01 Sep 1909-30 Sep 1909)
To Disposal and Departed to East Asia (01 Oct 1909-25 Nov 1909)
Fähnrich then Leutnant on Board the Heavy Cruiser 'Scharnhorst' (26 Nov 1909-27 Sep 1911)
Returned Home from East Asia (28 Sep 1911-14 Nov 1911)
Company-Officer with the I. Sailor-Division (15 Nov 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Company-Officer with the V. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (01 Apr 1912-12 Sep 1913)
Watch and FT (Radio) Officer on the Aviso 'Pfeil' (13 Sep 1913-30 Nov 1914)
Watch and FT (Radio) Officer on the Liner 'Kaiser Friedrich III' (01 Dec 1914-12 Jan 1915)
U-Boat Training (13 Jan 1915-26 Mar 1915)
Commandant of the School-U-Boat 'B 9' then 'B 11' (27 Mar 1915-02 May 1915)
Commandant of 'UB 17' (03 May 1915-02 Jul 1916)
Detached for Information to the Firm Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (03 Jul 1916-22 Jul 1916)
Commandant of 'UC 17' (23 Jul 1916-14 Jun 1917)
Commandant of 'UB 55' (15 Jun 1917-22 Apr 1918)
In British Captivity (22 Apr 1918-23 Oct 1919)
To Disposal of the Commander Kiel (24 Oct 1919-04 Jan 1920)
Company-Leader with the III. Naval-Brigade (05 Jan 1920-31 May 1920)
Company-Leader with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-11 Jun 1920)
Chief of the 6th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (12 Jul 1920-31 Jul 1920)
Company-Leader with the Cadre of the III. Minesweeper-Flotilla (01 Aug 1920-22 Aug 1920)
Chief of the 6th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (23 Aug 1920-09 Nov 1921)
Ships-Cadre 'Thetis' (10 Nov 1921-13 Nov 1921)
Temporary Chief of the 5th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (14 Nov 1921-03 Jan 1922)
Ships-Cadre 'Thetis' (04 Jan 1922-01 Apr 1922)
Navigation-Officer on the Cruiser 'Thetis' (02 Apr 1922-14 Sep 1924)
2nd Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (15 Sep 1924-15 Dec 1924)
1st Adjutant of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (16 Dec 1924-30 Sep 1927)
First Officer on the Cruiser 'Berlin' (01 Oct 1927-27 Mar 1929)
With the Naval-Arsenal Kiel - besides Service on the Cruiser 'Berlin' (28 Mar 1929-02 Apr 1929)
Department-Director in the Naval-Air-Protection-Group, Naval Command (03 Apr 1929-23 Sep 1929)
To Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (24 Sep 1929-30 Jun 1930)
To Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command (01 Jul 1930-29 Sep 1931)
Advisor in the Air-Protection-Group, RWM (30 Sep 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Director of the Naval-Air-Protection-Group, Naval Command (01 Oct 1932-31 Mar 1933)
Chief Of Staff of the Air-Protection-Office, RWM (01 Apr 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1934)
Director of the Central-Department, RLM (01 Apr 1934-13 Aug 1935)
Detached to the Attaché-Group, RLM (14 Aug 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Department-Chief of the Attaché-Group, RLM (01 Oct 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Luftwaffe-Attaché at the Embassy in London (01 Apr 1936-03 Sep 1939)
Luftwaffe-Attaché with the Embassy's in The Hague and Brussels (01 Apr 1936-01 Jun 1940)
Officer with Special Duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (03 Sep 1939-31 May 1940)
General with Special Duties in the General-Staff of Air-Fleet 2 (01 Jun 1940-04 Jun 1941)
General with Special Duties in the General-Staff of Air-Fleet 3 (05 Jun 1941-18 Sep 1941)
General with Special Duties in the Staff of Commander-in-Chief South (19 Sep 1941-18 Mar 1945)
Died (18 Mar 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Pour le mérite: am 30.03.1918 als Kapitänleutnant und Kommandant Unterseeboot “UB 55“
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz
- U-Bootskriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse

Source :
https://www.ebay.de/itm/194259047891?hash=item2d3abdd5d3:g:j44AAOSwad1gXfb2
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/General/WENNINGER_RUDOLF.html

Bio of Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Herbert Pfeiffer

Generalmajor Herbert Pfeiffer
Born: 27 Jun 1893 in Liegnitz
Died: 18 Sep 1976 in Hannover

Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Dec 1913); Leutnant (10 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (01 May 1924); Rittmeister (01 Feb 1929); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1942)

Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker/Fähnrich in the 5th Train-Battalion (25 Mar 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred to the 19th Reserve-Medical-Company (9th Reserve-Division) (02 Aug 1914-31 Oct 1916)
Ordinance-Officer, Platoon and Company Leader in the 395th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1916-12 May 1917)
Severely Wounded, in Hospital (12 May 1917-31 Oct 1917)
With the 5th Train-Replacement-Battalion and Flying Training (01 Nov 1917-31 Jan 1918)
Pilot-Training (01 Feb 1918-30 Apr 1918)
Pilot with the 226th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 May 1918-09 Jan 1919)
Pilot with the 421st Flying-Battalion (10 Jan 1919-30 Sep 1919)
With the Border-Protection Posen-Brandenburg (01 Oct 1919-14 Jan 1920)
With the 15th Transport-Battalion (15 Jan 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Squadron-Officer in the 3rd Transport-Battalion (01 Jan 1921-31 May 1923)
Squadron-Officer in the 6th Transport-Battalion (01 Jun 1923-30 Sep 1924)
Adjutant of the 6th Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1924-30 Sep 1927)
Special-Command – Secret Flying-Training and Foreign-Commands (01 Oct 1927-31 Oct 1929)
Squadron-Chief in the 6th Transport-Battalion (01 Nov 1929-30 Sep 1932)
With Military-District-Command I, Königsberg (01 Oct 1932-30 Sep 1933)
Company-Chief at the Technical Schools Jüterbog and Adlershof (01 Oct 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Group-Leader P II, Luftwaffe-Personnel, Reichs Air Ministry (01 Oct 1934-30 Jun 1937)
Commander of I. Group of Bomber-Wing 157 ‘Boelcke’ (01 Jul 1937-30 Sep 1938)
Detached to the Reichs War Court (01 Oct 1938-30 Apr 1939)
Commander of the Acceptance-Office for Officer-Applicants, RLM (01 May 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 72nd Flying-Training-Regiment (01 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1939)
Commander of the Acceptance-Office for Officer-Applicants, RLM (01 Jan 1940-24 Jun 1941)
Special-Agent of the Office-Chief of the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM – Liaison-Officer to Army-Leadership and Formation-Leaders at the Front (25 Jun 1941-14 Dec 1941)
Inspector for Clothing and Food-Supply of the Luftwaffe, RLM (15 Dec 1941-31 Mar 1944)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command III (01 Apr 1944-31 May 1944)
Commander of Control-Command of Air-Fleet 1 (01 Jun 1944-30 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve of Air-Region-Command III then Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division (01 Oct 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Retired (31 Dec 1944)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Militär-Sanitätskreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14230&p=2156492&hilit=pfeiffer#p2156492
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/Generalmajor/PFEIFFER_HERBERT.html

Bio of Generalarzt (Luftwaffe) Dr.med. Otto Bengsch

Generalarzt Dr.med. Otto Bengsch
Born: 28 Jul 1879 in Guscht, District Friedeberg
Died: 15 Jul 1954 in Bad Schwartau
Doctorate In Medicine: 00 Mar 1904

Promotions:
Marine-Unterarzt (12 Jul 1904); Marine-Assistenzarzt (11 Sep 1904); Marine-Oberassistenzarzt (11 Oct 1906); Marine-Stabsarzt (06 Aug 1909); Marine-Oberstabsarzt (17 Dec 1916); Charakter als Marine-Generaloberarzt (28 Nov 1919); Charakter als Oberfeldarzt (01 Nov 1938); Oberfeldarzt (01 Nov 1939); Oberstarzt (01 Apr 1942); Generalarzt (30 Jan 1945)

Career:
Entered the Army as a One Year Volunteer in the 113th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1898-30 Sep 1898)
Discharged to the Reserve (30 Sep 1898)
Medical-Studies at the Universities Leipzig, Würzburg and Kiel (01 Oct 1898-31 Mar 1904)
Entered Naval Service as a One Year Volunteer Marinearzt in Kiel (01 Apr 1904-10 Sep 1904)
Training as Marinearzt (11 Sep 1904-11 Jul 1905)
Auxiliary-Medic on the Liner 'Preußen' (12 Jul 1905-30 Sep 1905)
Ship-Medic on the a Torpedo-Boat (01 Oct 1905-09 Dec 1905)
Ship-Medic on the Liner 'Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm' (14 Dec 1905-31 Mar 1907)
Ship-Medic on the Liner 'Zähringen' (01 Apr 1907-30 Sep 1907)
Placed to Disposal and Departed to Tsingtau (01 Oct 1907-01 Dec 1907)
Medic at Hospital Tsingtau (02 Dec 1907-07 Jun 1909)
Battalion-Medic of the III. Sea-Battalion, Tsingtau (08 Jun 1909-18 Feb 1910)
District-Medic Litsum (19 Feb 1910-20 May 1910)
Ship-Medic on the Cannon-Boat 'Iltis' (26 May 1910-21 May 1911)
Returned Home and Placed to Disposal (22 May 1911-24 Sep 1911)
Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser 'Dresden' (25 Sep 1911-25 Sep 1912)
Medic at the Surgical Department of the Eppendorfer Infirmary, Hamburg (0-1 Oct 1912-31 Jul 1914)
Ships-Medic on the Heavy Cruiser 'Prinz Heinrich' (05 Aug 1914-31 Aug 1914)
Chief Surgeon at the Naval-Field-Hospital 4 (Flaunders) (04 Sep 1914-27 Sep 1916)
Ships-Medic on the Battle-Cruiser 'Moltke' (28 Sep 1916-24 Jul 1917)
Senior-Medic of the Surgical Department of the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (25 Jul 1917-30 Sep 1919)
At the Welfare-Hospital Kiel (01 Oct 1919-28 Nov 1919) Retired (28 Nov 1919)
Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Luftwaffe) and Officer to with Special Duties (01 Aug 1938-31 Oct 1938)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer and Department-Medic of Infirmary-Department II of Luftwaffe-Hospital 4/XI, Wismar (01 Nov 1938-31 Dec 1940)
Chief-Medic of Luftwaffe-Hospital 4/XI, Wismar (01 Jan 1941-1945)

Decorations & Awards:
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. und I.Klasse
Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. und I.Klasse mit Schwertern
Deutsches Reiterabzeichen

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2351871#p2351871
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/Sanitatsoffizier/BENGSCH_OTTO.html