Julius Schulz (General, 1889)

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Julius Schulz (born December 30, 1889 in Offenbach am Main , † November 23, 1975 in St. Quirin ) was a German officer , most recently General of the Air Force Aviators in World War II .

Life

Promotions

Early years and World War I

Schulz joined the Infantry Regiment "Hessen-Homburg" No. 166 in Bitsch on March 15, 1909 as a flag junior , where he was employed as a company officer of the 10th Company until the end of October 1913 after his promotion to lieutenant . Schulz switched to the air force early on. From November 1913 to June 1914 he trained as a pilot at the Aviation School in Halberstadt and thus belonged to the Old Eagles . Then he flew to the outbreak of World War I in the plane station in Metz . His retraining from the Taube aircraft type to a biplane also took place during this time.

After the outbreak of the First World War , Schulz flew until November 22, 1914 with Field Aviation Department 5 on the Western Front . On that day Schulz was shot down on the other side of the German lines and was taken prisoner by the British . In August 1916 he was released and interned in Switzerland . On September 2, 1917, Schulz returned to Germany, where on September 19, 1917 he was appointed leader of the shipyard company of the Aircraft Replacement Division 9. He held this position until the beginning of July 1918. From July 8, 1918, beyond the end of the war, Schulz acted as leader of the Krefeld Aviation School until December 1918 and then as leader of the Insterburg Air Base until January 1919 .

Interwar period

His assignment as leader of the Flieger -teilung 409 took place from January to May 1919. Schulz then joined the Iron Division , in which he remained until mid-August 1919. From August 17 to the end of November 1919, Schulz served as the deputy leader of the settlement center in the 1st Lower Alsatian Field Artillery Regiment No. 31 . After his demobilization , Schulz was assigned to the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 39, where he only stayed a few weeks. On January 25, 1920 he transferred to Jäger Battalion 1 , which he left again at the end of April 1920. Subsequently, Schulz served until the end of September 1920 as a captain in the staff of the motor vehicle department 20 and then until November 1922 as a company commander in the motor vehicle department 12. On December 1, 1922, Schulz was assigned to the 12th Infantry Regiment of the Reichswehr . Here he acted until the end of January 1931 as a company commander and on the staff of the 2nd Battalion. From April 1931 to March 1934 he served on the staff of the military training area of Altengrabow .

On April 1, 1934, Schulz joined the Air Force , which was under construction, while being appointed lieutenant colonel . Here he was used until the end of September 1935, initially in the staff of Luftkreis-Kommando 1, and later in the Reich Aviation Ministry . On October 1, 1935, Schulz was appointed commander of the Air War School in Berlin-Gatow , which he led until the end of March 1936. Schulz held the following post as air base commander of Gatow from April 1936 to August 1939.

Second World War

In the course of the general mobilization Schulz rose on August 26, 1939 to the command of the air force in the Army Group South , whose function he held during the attack on Poland . On October 25, 1939 he was appointed commander of the air force in Army Group C , with which he took part in the campaign in the west . After its termination, Schulz was on June 24, 1940 commander of the Luftgau staff z. b. V. 16, whose duties he carried out until the end of August 1941. On August 30, 1941 he was appointed commander of the Luftgau command in Finland. On August 30, 1941, this was renamed the Commanding General of the German Air Force in Finland , whose function Schulz then held until June 23, 1944. Willi Harmjanz succeeded him . After a short time in the Führerreserve , Schulz was appointed Inspector for Troop Service and Education in the Air Force on July 20, 1944, which he completed by February 17, 1945. On February 18, 1945, he was appointed General for Foreign Air Force Personnel, where he remained until the end of April 1945. On April 30, 1945, Schulz resigned from military service. A prisoner of war did not follow.

Award

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. Volume 3: Odebrecht – Zoch. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-2207-4 , pp. 259-260.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 153.
personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General der Flieger in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach am Main
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1975
Place of death St. Quirin