Hans-Wolrad Dolling

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Hans-Wolrad Dölling (born February 14, 1916 ; † after 1970) was a German officer in the Air Force of the Wehrmacht and later in the Air Force of the Bundeswehr . He retired as brigadier general .

Life

Dölling joined the army of the Wehrmacht on April 1, 1935 and served in the infantry . On November 1, 1936, he switched to the Air Force and completed an observer course in the Tutow Air Force. He then moved to April 15, 1937 as an observer to the I. Group of Kampfgeschwader 257 before taking part in the Spanish Civil War on October 25, 1937 with the Condor Legion . There he was assigned to the 4th Squadron of Kampfgruppe 88 , which was equipped with Heinkel He 111 bombers . After he was promoted to first lieutenant on June 1, 1939 , he moved a month later to Kampfgeschwader 1 as adjutant of the I. Group. With this he took part in the attack on Poland . In addition, she was subordinate to the 1st Air Division of Air Fleet 1 in the northern section of the front. In 1940, Dölling's group took part in the campaign in the west and the Battle of Britain before he switched to the 8th Air Corps as an orderly officer on November 11, 1940 . There he was promoted to captain on November 1, 1941 . From February 23, 1942, he moved to the Reich Aviation Ministry before he began general staff training on November 1, 1942 at the Air War Academy in Berlin-Gatow. After he had completed this at the end of the year, he was First General Staff Officer (Ia) in Kampfgeschwader 55 from January 1, 1943 . On April 1, 1943, he took over as squadron captain of the 5th squadron of this squadron, which was at that time with his Heinkel He 111 in the south of the Soviet Union. This was followed by a transfer to the General Staff of the Air Force on July 1, 1943, while at the same time being promoted to major . But already on August 21, 1943, he switched to the staff of Luftflotte 2, which he was a member of until September 1944. Here he was awarded the Luftwaffe's Cup of Honor on April 13, 1944 , before being transferred to the Führerreserve . In December 1944 he was reactivated to take over duties in the General Staff of the Air Force. Here he received on May 1st. 1945 of the German Cross in Gold .

Dölling joined the German Air Force in 1956 and was Colonel Chief of Staff of the 2nd Air Force Division from 1968 to 1970 . He retired as brigadier general.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhard R. Kroener : The German Empire and the Second World War . Volume 5/1, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt , Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-421-06232-3 , pp. 718-719.
  2. ^ F-104 Associations. 2nd Air Force Division 1957–1999. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Dolling, Hans-Wolrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer in the air force of the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1916
DATE OF DEATH after 1970