Hans-Henning von Fölkersamb

Hans-Henning Baron von Fölkersamb (born November 25, 1889 in Metz , † January 5, 1984 in Tutzing ) was a German major general in World War II .

Life

Fölkersamb began his officer career in 1909 as a lieutenant in the 10th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 174 of the Prussian Army in Metz . November 1913 he was transferred to the 6th Baden Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Friedrich III." No. 114 , to which he belonged at the outbreak of the First World War .

First World War

As a battalion adjutant, Fölkersamb was wounded for the first time in October 1914. After recovering, he became a company commander in the training battalion of his regiment in Constance in December 1914 and returned to the front in this capacity in mid-February 1915. After being wounded again in May 1915, he was promoted to first lieutenant in June 1915 . After five months as adjutant of the training battalion of the 28th Reserve Division , he moved to Military Railway Directorate 6 in Brest-Litovsk in July 1916 . In November 1916, Fölkersamb moved to the Military Railway Directorate 1 in Lille . In the first half of 1917 he worked at the high command in the south-east railway department before he was assigned to the Austrian Army Group Böhm-Ermolli . After an inspection trip to Turkey, he became an advisor on the staff of August von Mackensen , military governor of Romania based in Bucharest, in April 1918 . Promoted to captain in June 1918 , he fell seriously ill there. After his recovery he was assigned to the Austro-Hungarian Railway Command as a German officer in September 1918 and returned to Mackensen in mid-November 1918 as an authorized general staff officer.

The time between the two world wars

At the end of 1918 Fölkersamb came to Germany and, after initially being put up for disposition , became a battalion commander in his regular regiment at the end of January 1919, before he was retired at the end of May 1919.

At the end of 1934 he entered the service of the Reichswehr as a captain and became third general staff officer at the Höhere Luftamt Münster and, after the establishment of the Wehrmacht, second intelligence officer in Luftkreiskommando IV in Münster. August 1935 he was promoted to major . After he had been appointed third general staff officer of Luftgaukommando VI in Münster in April 1938, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in April 1939 .

Second World War

When the war broke out, Fölkersamb initially remained in his previous position. For Colonel he was transported from December 1941 to November 1942 Third General Staff Officer in Luftgaukommando II. From November 1942 until the end of May 1944, he head of the group military support for the sections of Norway, battlefield West, North Africa and Eastern Front in the Ministry of Aviation . On April 1, 1944, he was promoted to major general. On June 1, 1944, he was appointed head of personnel armaments and the Nazi command staff of the Air Force. On 20 November 1944 he was due to illness in the Führerreserve of the High Command of the Air Force added and retired on April 30, 1945th He was taken prisoner of war on May 7th and was released the same day.

post war period

In 1953, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe appointed Fölkersamb as the first voluntary state representative for the district of North Rhine. In 1964 he handed over the office to Peter Graf zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda . In 1977 the Corps Borussia Bonn awarded him the Corpsschleife . He last lived in Hoffnungsthal (Rösrath) .

Web links

• Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stanke: Air Force Officer Career Summaries. Air Force Officers 1935–1945. Volume 2, Section A- F. April 2012, pp. 327–328, ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Landesverband NRW Geschichte 1952–1959 on www.Johanniter.de
2. ↑ State Association of North Rhine-Westphalia History 1960–1969 at www.Johanniter.de
3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 16 , 1267
4. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1981, 9 , 1268