Friedrich-Carl Hanesse

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Friedrich-Carl Hanesse (born September 21, 1892 in Worms , † May 12, 1975 in Wiesbaden ) was a German officer , most recently General of the Air Force Aviators in World War II .

Life

Promotions

Early years and World War I

Hanesse joined the Grand Ducal Hessian Field Artillery Regiment No. 25 on March 16, 1912 , where he initially served as a flag junior and, after the outbreak of World War I , as a battery officer and platoon leader until March 23, 1915 . From March 24, 1915 to the end of August 1916, Hanesse acted as an adjutant in the I. Department in Field Artillery Regiment No. 112 and then there until mid-February 1917 as a regimental adjutant. On February 15, 1917, Hanesse transferred to the air force , where he received training to become a pilot in Army Aviation Park 2 until the end of May 1917 . Following this, he flew from June 1917 to March 1918 as a pilot in Fliegerabteilung 225 (artillery) and then until May 1918 as a leader of Schutzstaffel 9 (from March: Schlachstaffel 9). He performed the same function in June 1918 in Battle Squadron 2 . On July 1, 1918 Hanesse rose to the command of battle group III , which he led until the end of November 1918. He then served as an adjutant in the Border Guard Fliegerstaffel 400 from December 1918 until the demobilization at the end of January 1919 .

Interwar period

In February 1919, Hanesse was posted to the Brieg Air Base , where he was employed as an adjutant until the end of 1919. He then performed the same function from January to May 1920 at the Paderborn Air Base. In June 1920 he was deployed as a first lieutenant in motor vehicle column 6 . On October 1, 1920 Hanesse became the battery officer in the Artillery Regiment 7 appointed. He then took on the same function from October 1921 to September 1922 with the mounted division in the 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment . From there he was assigned to the Hanover Cavalry School in October 1922 , which he attended until the end of September 1924. During this time Hanesse was promoted to captain on January 1, 1924 . After attending the cavalry school, Hanesse completed training as a guide assistant from October 1924 to September 1926 . After its completion he served from October 1926 to September 1927 in the staff of the 1st Division of his 6th Artillery Regiment. After working as an aviator in the staff of the 1st Division , which lasted from October 1927 to October 1931, Hanesse returned to his regiment as battery chief.

On January 31, 1934, he resigned from this with the rank of major and on February 1, 1934, he switched to the Air Force, which was under construction . There he was employed as a course director at the bomber school in Lechfeld until the end of March 1935 . From April 1, 1935 to October 1937, he was head of the attaché department in the Reich Aviation Ministry in Berlin. During this time took place on 1 September 1936 was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on 1 October 1937 , Colonel .

Second World War

On October 3, 1937, Hanesse was appointed air force attaché at the German embassy in Paris and later, after the outbreak of World War II , in the same function at the embassy in Lisbon . From September 3, 1939 to September 30, 1940 he was an air attaché at the embassy in Bern , where he was promoted to major general on April 1, 1940 . On October 1, 1940, he became Commanding General of the German Air Force in Paris. There he was promoted to Lieutenant General on April 1, 1942, and to General der Flieger on January 1, 1944. From September 1, 1944 to February 6, 1945, Hanesse was the commanding general of the Air Force Supplementary Corps in Bad Saarow . Then he retired from active military service. In June 1945 Hansesse was arrested by Allied soldiers and taken prisoner of war by the French , from which he was released in December 1946.

Awards

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945, Part II, Volume 2: Habermehl-Nuber , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , pp. 28-29

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 138
personal data
SURNAME Hanesse, Friedrich-Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General der Flieger in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1975
Place of death Wiesbaden