Ernst Ebeling (doctor)

Ernst Heinrich Martin Theodor Ebeling or Ernst-Hindenburg Ebeling (born November 22, 1919 in Dobbertin ; † January 16, 1991 in Seelscheid ) was a German air force and medical officer.

Career

Ebeling's father Dr. med. Ernst Ebeling was a long-time doctor in the Dobbertin monastery. In 1933 he moved to Bad Doberan.

Ebeling joined the 12th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) on November 3, 1937 as an officer candidate in anti-tank department 12 . In September 1939 ( attack on Poland ) he switched to the Air Force . By February 1941, courses at various pilot schools followed before he was transferred to the 10th Squadron of Kampfgeschwader 53 on March 11, 1941 . He remained in this squadron until August 4, 1943, albeit in different squadrons. On December 1, 1941, he was promoted to lieutenant and on October 26, 1942, he was awarded the Luftwaffe's Cup of Honor. On August 4, he was transferred to Kampfgeschwader 77 , which was stationed in the Mediterranean region. At times, the task of a second general staff officer (Ib) took on the staff of the fighter pilot Mediterranean (Fernkampffliegerführer / Luftflotte 2 ). On October 1, 1943, he was promoted to captain and on January 15, 1944, he was transferred to the staff of Kampfgeschwader 53. Here he took the post of First General Staff Officer . On March 20, 1945, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in this capacity . In the post-war period he studied medicine at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel . He completed his internist training and joined the newly established Bundeswehr in 1957 . He was chief medical officer (LSO) of the Army Aviation , department head at the Aviation Medical Institute of the Air Force , teaching group commander at the medical academy of the Bundeswehr and LSO of the Air Fleet Command . Most recently, from October 1, 1972, he was General Physician in the Air Force's medical service . From April 1, 1973 the post was called General Doctor of the Air Force . He retired on March 31, 1980.

Awards

• Front flight clasp
• Iron Cross 2nd and 1st class
• German Cross in Gold (December 23, 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (March 20, 1945)
• Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (1977)

See also

• List of bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of the Medical Service (not listed there as an Air Force officer)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Birth register of the Dobbertin community, 1897–1930.
2. ^ Kurt-Vollrath Peters: Chronicle of the parish Dobbertin. P. 5.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey: Air Force Officer Career Summaries, Section A-F. (PDF) (No longer available online.) 2016, p. 586 , archived from the original on December 28, 2016 ; accessed on January 30, 2017 (English). 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.  
4. ↑ Deutsches Ärzteblatt 1977
5. ↑ Tasks / Organization  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Archives  
6. ↑ ^{a b} Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 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. 285.