Georg von Hantelmann
Georg von Hantelmann (* 9. October 1898 in Rokietnice / Rokietnica, Posen ; † 7. September 1924 in Charcice, Kreis Birnbaum ) was an officer of the Air Force and scored 25 confirmed kills in the First World War .
Life
Georg was born as the son of the manor owner von Hantelmann. Originally he wanted to become a farmer and attended school in Posen and Ilfeld aH. The First World War prevented the conclusion, so he joined the army on February 2, 1916. On June 15, 1917, he became a lieutenant in the Brunswick Hussar Regiment No. 17 .
On September 10, 1917, he reported to the air force. His training as a pilot took place at the Hagenau Aviation School in Alsace and at the Aviation Replacement Department (FEA) 9 in Darmstadt. In January 1918 he was posted as a fighter pilot. From January 28 to February 5, 1918, Hantelmann attended Hunting School I in Valenciennes and on February 6, 1918 joined Jasta 15, which from March 1918 led Lieutenant Josef Veltjens. The coat of arms of the Braunschweig Hussar Regiment No. 17 was the skull and crossbones. He also wore this coat of arms large on his airplane. From June 6, 1918 until the end of the war, he shot a total of 25 opponents. Some sources speak of 28 aerial victories. He fought u. a. in the breakthrough battle at Montdidier, then on the Aisne and finally at Verdun against the Americans, where Jagdgeschwader II had been deployed under Freiherr von Bönigk.
On October 30, 1918, after the 25th shooting down, he was proposed to the order Pour le Mérite , but no longer received the award because of the outbreak of the revolution.
After the war, on October 8, 1922, in the garrison church in Potsdam, he married Countess Elisabeth Finck von Finckenstein , daughter of Count Bernhard Finck von Finckenstein (1868–1913, Madlitz branch of the family) and his wife Agneta nee. von Ramdohr (1875-1919). Her son Wolf-Dietrich von Hantelmann was born in 1923. His trail is lost in the spring of 1945 on the Eastern Front.
death
After the war, Georg von Hantelmann took over the management of the family's manor in Charcic, Posen province, and was shot there by poachers on September 7, 1924, according to official reports from the Polish authorities. Charcic was in that part of the province of Posen, which had been declared Polish territory under the Versailles treaties. Georg von Hantelmann was very committed to the rights of the German minority, so that his murder was often portrayed as a politically motivated assassination attempt. His pregnant wife survived the attack, but lost her second unborn child.
Awards
- Prussian military pilot badge
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords
literature
- Walter Zuerl: Pour le merite-Flieger. Luftfahrtverlag Axel Zuerl, 1987. ISBN 978-3-934596-15-3
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dumbbell man, Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German air force officer in the First World War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rokietnice / West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1924 |
| Place of death | Charcice |