Johann-Volkmar Fisser

Johann-Volkmar Fisser (born July 2, 1893 in Dresden , † August 12, 1940 on the Isle of Wight ) was an officer and pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II .

The graves of Johann-Volkmar Fisser (here called Hans) and Jakob Birndorfer (1918–1940) at the German military cemetery at Cannock Chase , Staffordshire , England (block 7, row 10 graves 259 & 260)

Life

Fisser served in the air force during the First World War and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords on March 16, 1918 . Promoted to captain on May 28, 1920 , he was promoted to the title of Dr. rer. pole. (Doctor of Political Science ). On April 24, 1933, he joined the NSDAP and on July 1, 1934, the newly established Luftwaffe, as an adjutant , with the rank of captain, at the headquarters of the flight test centers. Promoted to major on August 1, 1934 , he took on the position of teacher at the Hildesheim observer school on March 1, 1935. On June 20, 1935, he temporarily took over a squadron in Kampfgeschwader 255 as a squadron captain . On October 1, 1936, after his promotion to lieutenant colonel , he took over the 2nd group of this squadron as group commander . After being promoted to colonel again on January 1, 1939 , he was promoted to the squadron commodore of Kampfgeschwader 255 (renamed Kampfgeschwader 51 on May 1). This squadron was not used in the attack on Poland at the beginning of the Second World War , but remained on its home bases in southwest Germany. From March 21, 1940 to May 31, 1940 he temporarily took over the Kampfgeschwader 77 in the same function and led it at the beginning of the western campaign . Then he returned to Kampfgeschwader 51. On August 12, 1940, he was shot down with a Junkers Ju 88 over the Isle of Wight and was initially considered missing. He was later pronounced dead. He was posthumously appointed major general with effect from August 1, 1940 .

Web links

• Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey: Air Force Officer Career Summaries, Sections A – F. (PDF) 2017, pp. 752–753 , accessed on April 14, 2018 (English).