Johannes Trautloft
Johannes "Hannes" Trautloft (born March 3, 1912 in Großobringen , † January 1, 1995 in Bad Wiessee ) was a German Air Force officer, most recently as Lieutenant General of the Federal Air Force .
Life
His flying career began with a civilian pilot training at the commercial aviation school in Schleissheim . On October 15, 1932, he joined the 15th Infantry Regiment of the Reichswehr as an officer candidate . He then completed in the Soviet Union his training as a fighter pilot at the flight school Lipetsk . As a member of the Condor Legion , he took part in the Spanish Civil War. There he first flew a Heinkel He 51 biplane . With this type of aircraft he got 4 kills. In the further course of the civil war, he was responsible for front-line testing of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 in the pilot squadron 88 . In 1937 he was one of the three pilots who won the international Alpine sightseeing flight in the triple patrol category.
Before the start of the war , he was a squadron captain in Jagdgeschwader 51 and from September 19, 1939 to August 24, 1940 group commander of III./JG 51. He played a major role in building up Jagdgeschwader 54 (Grünherz) . By the end of the war he had 58 victories in the air.
Trautloft was Deputy Inspector of the Federal Air Force and Chief of Staff in the Bundeswehr in 1961 . Most recently in the service position as commanding general of the Air Force Group Command South, Trautloft retired from active service as Lieutenant General in 1970 .
Awards
- Spanish cross in gold with swords
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on July 27, 1941
- German cross in gold on July 27, 1942
- Large Federal Cross of Merit with Star 1970
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Trautloft in the catalog of the German National Library
- The fighter pilot and draftsman Hannes Otto Trautloft
Individual evidence
- ^ Aders / Held: Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" , Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-613-01045-3
- ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 749.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trautloft, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trautloft, Hannes (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Air Force officer, most recently as Lieutenant General in the Federal Air Force |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grossobringen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1995 |
| Place of death | Bad Wiessee |