Dietrich Peltz

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Dietrich Peltz (born June 9, 1914 in Gera ; † August 10, 2001 in Munich ) was a German officer , most recently major general of the German Air Force in World War II . At just 29, he was the youngest German general in the 20th century.

Life

Promotions

Peltz joined the Reichswehr on April 4, 1934 and was an officer candidate in the motor vehicle department 5 until the end of May 1935 . From there he was posted to the Munich and Dresden War Schools on June 1, 1935 , which he attended until the end of September 1935. On October 1, 1935, Peltz joined the Luftwaffe, which was in the process of being established, and completed an aircraft pilot's training there by the end of March 1936 at the flying school in Salzwedel . After its completion, he became a squadron officer and adjutant in the Immelmann Fighter Wing on April 1, 1936 , where he was also assigned to the Wesendorf - Neuburg an der Donau blind flight school until 1937 .

In 1937 Peltz was appointed group adjutant in Sturzkampfgeschwader 162 - Immelmann . He later served in the same function with Sturzkampfgeschwader 168 and after its incorporation into Sturzkampfgeschwader 76 there until the end of April 1939. On May 1, 1939 he was appointed squadron captain in this squadron with the rank of first lieutenant. With the squadron Peltz was involved in the attack on Poland in the air raid on Wieluń , in which around 1200 civilians died. Then the squadron fought in the western campaign . After the squadron was disbanded in July 1940, Peltz was transferred to the staff of Kampfgeschwader 77 in August 1940 , where he was again a squadron commander on November 2, 1940. There Peltz was involved in the Battle of Britain and from June 1941 in the eastern campaign in the middle section. He held the position of group commander in this squadron from March 13, 1941 to the end of September 1941.

On October 1, 1941, he was transferred to Foggia ( Italy ), where he acted as a course director for fall courses at the local association driving school. After its termination in July 1942, he was named Officer z. b. V. From August to October 1942, he was in command of the Association Commanding School in Tours , which at that time operated as the I. Group of Kampfgeschwader 60 . This was followed by his assignment as a group commander in Kampfgeschwader 66 from October to December 1942 . From January 1943 to September 3, 1943 Peltz acted as general of the fighter pilots , where he also acted as attack leader England from March 24, 1943.

On September 4, 1943 Peltz was with the leadership of the IX. Fliegerkorps commissioned, whose post he held until mid-October 1944. In this role he led all fighter associations at the Steinbock company . On October 15, 1944, he became the commanding general of the Air Force II Fighter Corps . As such, he was entrusted with carrying out the Bodenplatte operation, which was intended to destroy the Allied air forces on their advanced air bases in France on January 1, 1945. The company failed for various reasons and was also a failure from a purely strategic point of view, because the Allies were able to make up for their material losses within a very short time. By contrast, the German Air Force was unable to compensate for the loss of personnel until the surrender on May 8, 1945.

Most recently he was Commanding General of the IX from January 26, 1945 to May 8, 1945. Air Corps.

After his release from captivity, he first worked for Friedrich Krupp AG in Essen and later in Duisburg-Rheinhausen . In 1963 he found a job with Telefunken, where he stayed until his retirement. Most recently he was a general representative of Telefunken and head of a plant in Constance .

Awards

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: The Generals of the Air Force 1935–1945 Volume 3: Odebrecht-Zoch , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-2207-4 , pp. 21–22.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kurt Braatz: God or an airplane . Life and death of fighter pilot Günther Lützow. 1st edition. Twenty-nine six publishing house, Moosburg 2005, ISBN 3-9807935-6-7 , pp. 343 ff .
  2. ^ Stockert, Peter (1996). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Volume 1 [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1] (in German). Bad Friedrichshall, Germany: Friedrichshaller Rundblick. ISBN 978-3-9802222-7-3 . P. 250
  3. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 586.
personal data
SURNAME Peltz, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently Major General of the Air Force in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 2001
Place of death Munich