Alfred Boner

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Alfred Boner (born January 2, 1902 in Berlin ; † March 5, 1988 in Rhauderfehn ) was an officer , most recently major general , of the German Air Force in World War II , then self-employed as a building materials dealer.

Life

Fokker D.XIII in Lipezk, the secret flying school and test site of the Reichswehr

Boner joined the Reichswehr on January 1, 1921, and was employed there until the end of October 1928 as a company officer in the 3rd (Prussian) intelligence department in Potsdam . During this time he attended the infantry school in Munich from August 1922 to July 1923 , completed an artillery course in Jüterbog and from December 15, 1924 to April 30, 1925 an aeronautical training course at Aero Lloyd in Berlin-Staaken . On December 1, 1924, he was promoted to lieutenant and on April 1, 1928 to first lieutenant .

For October 31, 1928 Boner retired officially from out of the army and graduated from 1 November 1928 to the 31 March, 1930 training as a flight observer Lipetsk . In the Soviet Lipetsk, the Reichswehr maintained a secret flight school that violated the Versailles Peace Treaty , at which around 120 fighter pilots and around 100 observers were trained until it was closed on September 15, 1933.

On April 1, 1930, again officially employed in the Reichswehr, he returned as a company officer to the 3rd (Prussian) intelligence department, where he stayed until the end of April 1933.

From May 1933 to the end of June 1935, Boner completed an apprenticeship as a leader's assistant , partly at the Army War Academy . Here he was posted to the Reichswehr Ministry from May 1933 to the end of June 1934 and to the Reich Aviation Office from October 1934 to the end of June 1935. From July 1, 1935 to the end of September 1937, Boner worked there as an advisor to the head of communications. On October 1, 1937, he was promoted to group leader and general staff officer with the chief of communications.

From June 1, through the beginning of World War II, to December 31, 1939, Boner served as head of the communications department in the Luftwaffe command staff in the OKL and then until the end of July 1942 as communications officer with the II. Air Corps . From August 14, 1940, he was also assigned as commander of the 32nd Air Intelligence Regiment here .

From August 1, 1942 to September 15, 1943, he again took the position of news leader, where he was at the XII. Fliegerkorps as well as commander of the Luftnachrichten-Regiment 42 was used. On September 16, 1943 Boner rose to the position of senior news officer with the Luftwaffe Commander in Central . He held this position until February 8, 1944. He then held the same position from February 9, 1944 to May 12, 1945 at the Reich Air Fleet Command . Meanwhile, he was promoted to major general on August 1, 1944. From May 13 to July 14, 1945 Boner served as an intelligence officer at the Liaison Staff of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW) at the headquarters of the Allied Commander in Chief General Dwight D. Eisenhower . He was arrested on July 14th and was then held in British captivity until 1947 .

With his second wife he ran a building materials trade with an affiliated construction company in Rhauderfehn until 1980.

Orders and decorations

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935-1945 , Habermehl-Nuber, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , p. 104f.
  • Heinz J. Giermanns: Who was Alfred Boner . In: Fehn lights. Magazine for History , 2018, issue 6, issue 24, pp. 22–24

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1925, p. 83
  2. ^ Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945, Habermehl-Nuber , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , p. 105
  3. ↑ Background information from the Federal Archives on: “Lipetsk. The secret flying school and test site of the Reichswehr in the Soviet Union ” ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundesarchiv.de
  4. ^ Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935-1945 , Habermehl-Nuber, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , p. 104
personal data
SURNAME Boner, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1988
Place of death Rhauderfehn