Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp

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Harry Kurt Ernst von Bülow-Bothkamp (born November 19, 1897 in Bothkamp Castle ; † February 27, 1976 in Alt-Bokhorst ) was a German aviator and fighter pilot in the First World War . During the Second World War he was commodore of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" and as NSFK Obergruppenführer he was inspector of the National Socialist Air Corps .

Life

Bülow-Bothkamp came from the Bothkamp family of the von Bülow family, originally from Mecklenburg, and was the youngest of four brothers (and several sisters). His parents were Cay von Bülow-Bothkamp, District Administrator a. D. and landowner and Elisabeth, née Countess Holstein. He attended a humanistic grammar school, graduated from high school , volunteered in the First World War, and later studied agriculture. Von Bülow married on August 27, 1926, and his wife brought two children from his first marriage, whom he adopted.

Military career

First World War

On September 26, 1914, he joined as a volunteer the first Hussars "King Albert" no. 18 of the Saxon army in Großenhain one was at the beginning of 1915, Western Front sent and was at position battles in the Champagne involved. Promoted to lieutenant in the reserve on May 22, 1916, he began his pilot training on July 9, 1916. On December 24, 1916 he was assigned to Feldflieger -teilung 53 at the front, and later also transferred. On July 6, 1917 - after training as a single-seater pilot - he was transferred to Jagdstaffel 36, which was under the command of his brother Walter . On January 2, 1918, he joined the famous “Boelcke” hunting squadron , when his brother Walter was killed only four days later. On March 12, 1918, he returned to the Jagdstaffel 36, the leadership of the squadron was transferred to him on June 4th. Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp had won a total of six victories in Jasta 36, ​​during the Third Battle of Flanders and the Battle of Soissons and Reims . In September 1918 he was withdrawn from the front - on the orders of the emperor - after the death of his third brother, Conrad. Conrad had a fatal accident in Finland in August 1918, the eldest brother, Friedrich, in August 1914. He retired from military service on January 22, 1919.

Interwar period

After completing his practical and theoretical agricultural studies, he managed the Bothkamp family estate from 1920. In 1922 he founded the aviation school / aircraft construction company "Bäumer Aero GmbH" with the former fighter pilot Paul Bäumer in Hamburg with the aim of reviving "aviation", which was completely on the ground. Von Bülow took part in several major flight competitions and trained numerous pilots. After Bäumer's fatal crash in 1927, he continued the company with great sacrifice until its financial collapse in 1929. In April 1932 he joined the NSDAP and was then mainly active within the Political Organization (PO). In July 1933 he was appointed leader of the Flieger-Landesgruppe III "Nordmark" by the Reich Aviation Minister.

Within the NSDAP he held various public and honorary posts. In the President Franklin D. Roosevelt ’s office files, 1933–1945 , von Bülow is listed as a key figure of National Socialism.

Second World War

On January 1, 1935, he joined the newly created Reich Air Force , where he was awarded the pilot's badge on February 4 . From August 7th to August 27th 1936 he was active in the "Richthofen" fighter squadron / Döberitz group. On 31 July 1937, Major Harry von Bulow, at their own request, released from active military service and reserve officers assigned 137 until then on 30 November 1939, the Group I / JG Group commander of the II. Group / JG 77 was . As a lieutenant colonel he was from April 1 to September 3, 1940 commodore of JG 2 "Richthofen" and was promoted to colonel . On April 1, 1944, he was appointed Jagdfliegerführer 4 (JaFü 4) and in September 1944 was transferred to the Führerreserve .

Awards

Web links

literature

  • The German Leader Lexicon 1934/1935. Otto Stollberg publishing house, Berlin 1934, DNB 579424324 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Personal records Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp online on July 17, 2012.
  2. The fighter pilot associations of the German Air Force 1934 to 1945 online access on July 17, 2012.
  3. Bernhard von Bülow and German Foreign Policy online on July 17, 2012.
  4. Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp / NSFK Obergruppenführer online, accessed November 20, 2017.
  5. e.g. eu accessed on February 10, 2012.
  6. Hussar Regiment "King Albert" No. 18 online on 23 July 2012.
  7. ^ Harry von Bülow's professional career 1914–1937 online
  8. ^ Kills Harry von Bülow online
  9. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's office files, 1933–1945 (PDF; 279 kB)
  10. Harry von Bülow on the reserve online, accessed July 23, 2012.
  11. ^ Awards Harry von Bülow 1916–1936 online
  12. Veit Scherzer : The knight's cross bearers. Main band. 2nd revised edition. Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 251.