Hans Erdmann (General)

Hans Erdmann (born February 18, 1895 in Löcknitz ( Pomerania ), † April 23, 1991 in Duisburg ) was an officer , most recently Major General of the German Air Force in World War II .

Life

Promotions

• May 14, 1915 Lieutenant in the reserve
• 1st December 1920 police lieutenant
• August 14, 1922 Character as first lieutenant in the reserve
• 1st November 1923 lieutenant police officer
• August 11, 1929 police captain
• August 1, 1935 Major
• 1st August 1937 Lieutenant Colonel
• June 1, 1939 Colonel
• April 1, 1943 Major General

Early years and World War I

Erdmann joined the recruit depot of the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 on August 4, 1914, a few days after the outbreak of the First World War , where he remained until October 4, 1914 . From there he was assigned to the Fusilier Regiment "Queen Victoria of Sweden" (Pomeranian) No. 34 , where he acted as platoon leader and later as company leader . On August 5, 1916, Erdmann switched to the aviation forces and completed an aviation training course at the flying school in Altenburg by February 2, 1917 . Back on the western front , Erdmann was an observer for the A 210 (A = artillery) aircraft from February 3, 1917 until the end of the war . After the end of the war, Erdmann was released from active military service on November 30, 1918 and went to the police .

Interwar years

From December 1, 1920 to the end of 1923, it was initially used with the police squadron in Hamburg , later with the Lübeck-Blankensee , Travemünde and again Hamburg air inspection . He later worked for the police from January 1, 1924 to 1933 as adjutant , company officer and head of the driving school in the Hamburg police car park. After the seizure of power of the Nazis Erdmann was from 1933 to the end of May 1935 adjutant to the police commander from Hamburg Wolfgang Münchau.

On June 1, 1935 Erdmann joined the Air Force while being appointed major. There he was Chief of Staff of the Commander of the Luftgau Reserve 4 in Berlin until the end of September 1936 . Subsequently, he was company chief at Flieger Ersatz -teilung 37 until the end of August 1937 .

Commander and World War II

On September 1, 1937, Erdmann was appointed commander of the 61st Flieger-Regiment , a post he held until October 7, 1942. After the regiment was disbanded, Erdmann took over as commander of the 9th Air Force Field Division , which was being set up and had previously emerged from the 62nd Air Force Regiment, on October 8, 1942 . This position lasted until August 11, 1943. Subsequently , transferred to the Führerreserve for a short time without being used , Erdmann became airport area commander 11 in Landsberg am Lech in 1943 , where he remained until February 12, 1945. On February 13, 1945 Erdmann was appointed commander of the Air Force Control Center North at the Deputy General Command X in Hamburg, where he also saw the end of the war. There Erdmann fell into British captivity on May 8, 1945 , from which he was released on May 17, 1948.

literature

• Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: The Generals of the Air Force 1935-1945 . Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 376481701-1 , p. 250 f.