Hugo Schmidt (General)

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Hugo Schmidt (born September 12, 1885 in Gera , † April 12, 1964 in Kiel ) was a German officer , most recently General of the Air Force Aviators in World War II .

Life

Promotions

Early years

Schmidt joined the Imperial Navy as a midshipman on April 6, 1904 and graduated from the Mürwik Naval School by the end of September 1907 . He then served on the large cruiser SMS Fürst Bismarck until the spring of 1909 and on the coastal armored ship SMS Frithjof until July 21, 1909 . He then served as an adjutant on the coastal armored ship SMS Siegfried until the end of September 1909 . Subsequently, until October 22, 1912, he was a watch officer with the I., V. and VI. Torpedo boat semi-flotilla. On October 23, 1912, Schmidt became the commandant of the T 51 torpedo boat , whose post he held until September 21, 1913.

First World War

After giving up his on-board command, Schmidt switched to the mining department in Cuxhaven as an adjutant , where he witnessed the outbreak of the First World War . On January 4, 1915, he became a company commander within his unit. Schmidt was then sent to the submarine school from March 29 to June 20, 1915, where he received appropriate training. After its completion, he was deployed as the commander of SM U 71 (underground mine layer), later of SM U 97 . Schmidt gave up the latter command on October 12, 1917 and was temporarily available to the II. U-Flotilla and the inspection of the submarines until November 26, 1917. This was followed by his use as first officer of the mine test ship SMS Pelikan . He then held this post after the end of the war until December 27, 1918.

Between the wars and the Second World War

On December 28, 1918, Schmidt switched to the inspection of mines and barriers , but left this position on March 1, 1919 and returned to the Pelikan as first officer by May 18, 1919 . On May 19, 1919 Schmidt became the commander of the torpedo boat T 174 , which he led until June 3, 1920. The following day he switched to the inspection of torpedoes and mines, again as a speaker, where Schmidt was deployed until mid-October 1923. On October 16, 1923, he was appointed first officer of the small cruiser Medusa , whose post he held until the end of September 1924. On October 1, 1924, Schmidt rose to head the 1st minesweeping semi-flotilla. On October 1, 1926, he was appointed commander of the IV Marine Artillery Division, which he led until the end of September 1928. On September 28, 1928 Schmidt was appointed 1st Admiral Staff Officer in the staff of the North Sea Naval Station and in this function was promoted to frigate captain on May 1, 1929 . On October 3, 1930 Schmidt was then appointed commander of the ship trunk department division of the North Sea, where he was promoted to captain of the sea on October 1, 1931 . Schmidt retired from military service on September 30, 1932.

The following day he was in the position of an L-officer , training manager for former naval officers in the mine service at the military district command IV, later in the military district command III. On April 1, 1935, Schmidt transferred to the Air Force , while being appointed Colonel as a supplementary officer ( E-Officer ) . There he served until the end of June 1935, initially on the staff of Luftkreis-Kommando VI (See) in Kiel . On July 1, 1935, Schmidt was appointed commander of Air Force Replacement Department 16, where he was also the air base commander of Schleswig until the end of March 1938 . On April 1, 1938, Schmidt rose to the position of military replacement inspector for Schwerin . In this function, he was promoted to Lieutenant General on October 1, 1939, and to General der Flieger on April 1, 1941. Schmidt retired from active military service on November 30, 1942. After the war he was arrested on December 19, 1946 and was then held in British captivity until April 1, 1947 .

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945 Part II, Volume 3: Odebrecht – Zoch , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-2207-4 , pp. 207f

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1929, p. 42
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General der Flieger in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1964
Place of death Kiel