Helmut Bapistella

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Helmut Bapistella (* 4. March 1918 , † 1993 ) was a German brigadier general of the Air Force of the Armed Forces .

Life

Bapistella completed an officer training in the air force of the Wehrmacht and was promoted to lieutenant on August 10, 1942 . During the Second World War , he was awarded the German Cross in Gold on August 31, 1943 as First Lieutenant of the 11th (H) Squadron of Reconnaissance Group 13 .

After the war, employees had architectural firm of Alois Giefer and Hermann Mäckler than this in 1950 an architectural competition for the expansion of Frankfurt airport won.

After the founding of the Armed Forces on 12 November 1955, he became an officer of the financial statement established on January 9, 1956 Air Force and was responsible in the early 1960s head of the ongoing planning, issuing of orders and management operations Stabsabteilung G 3 of the School of the Bundeswehr in internal management ( InFüSBw) in Koblenz . As a lieutenant colonel in the general staff and head of the then Section Fü L II 7 in the air force command staff, he was a member of the study group arms control, arms restriction and international security, which consisted of politicians, ministerial officials and officers.

On April 1, 1970, Bapistella was promoted to Brigadier General and in 1972 was German military representative at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Europe SHAPE ( Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ) . Most recently, on April 1, 1973, he succeeded Brigadier General Werner Boie as head of the Federal Armed Forces Office in Bonn , from which the Armed Forces Office (SKA) emerged on April 1, 1975 . He held this post until his retirement on March 31, 1976, whereupon Flotilla Admiral Günter Fiebig succeeded him there on October 1, 1976.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in Traces of War
  2. ^ Rudolf Lange: Chronicle of Frankfurt am Main Airport: From the estate of Traffic Director Rudolf Lange of Flughafen Frankfurt AG , International Advisory Group Air Navigation Services (ANSA), 1975, p. 189
  3. ^ John Zimmermann: Ulrich de Maizière: General der Bonner Republik, 1912-2006 , Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015, p. 205, ISBN 3-4868-5474-7
  4. ^ Daniel Eisermann: Foreign policy and strategy discussion: The German Society for Foreign Policy 1955 to 1972 , Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 1999, p. 136, ISBN 3-4868-3084-8
  5. ^ Cabinet minutes : 22nd cabinet meeting on April 9, 1970 ( Federal Archives )
personal data
SURNAME Bapistella, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and brigadier general
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1918
DATE OF DEATH 1993