Leopold Bilogan

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Leopold Bilogan (born November 11, 1912 in Vienna ; † May 25, 1995 there ) was an Austrian officer , most recently with the rank of colonel . As Major Bilogan was instrumental in the development of the involved air forces of the Armed Forces .

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After primary school, Leopold Bilogan attended the Bundesrealgymnasium Wien 12 in Meidling and graduated in 1931. He graduated from the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt , which he graduated in September 1936.

In the First Republic , Bilogan was already a member of the initially “illegal” Austrian air force. He acquired his military pilot's license as a member of the 1931/32 aviation course year at the “ÖLAG Aviation School Graz-Thalerhof”. As an officer in the German Air Force , he was deployed in various functions during World War II . In 1940 he was a member of the Franco-German Armistice Commission. Towards the end of the war, Bilogan commanded a battalion of paratroopers in the occupied Netherlands .

After the Second World War, Bilogan belonged to the B-Gendarmerie School II and was accepted into the new federal army . He was instrumental in building up the Austrian air force in the Second Republic . As a major, he became the first in command of the Air Base Division I. He had been working for the National Defense Office on building up the air force since autumn 1955 . Lieutenant Gustav Golja was assigned to him as adjutant . Bilogan was commissioned to start operations by May 1, 1956.

The Air Base Division I was dissolved with effect from September 1, 1957, because from this point in time there was an Air Base Command for each Air Base. As a major, Bilogan became the first commandant of the Langenlebarn air base command, as well as the barracks commandant and local commandant.

Private

Leopold Bilogan had a son from his first marriage. His second marriage was Helga, born in Berlin. Ressel (1920-2005). This marriage resulted in a son and a daughter. His son-in-law was the politician and colonel in the Austrian army, John Gudenus . His grandson is the former politician and FPÖ club chairman in the National Council Johann Gudenus.

Bilogan is buried in the Hietzingen cemetery .

Awards and decorations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leopold Bilogan. In: Find a grave. April 15, 2016, accessed December 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Franz Komornyik (Director, responsible for content): 12 75 years BRG Documentation. Festschrift der Direktion des Bundesrealgymnasium Wien 12 (ed.), Vienna 1985, p. 193 ( full text online (PDF; 11.2 MB) on the website of the Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Wien 23, accessed on November 25, 2019).
  3. ↑ Friedrich Korkisch : The Air Force of the Republic of Austria to 1978. In: Manfried Rauchsteiner , Wolfgang Etschmann , Josef Rausch (Ed.): Thousand needle stitches. The Austrian Armed Forces in the reform period 1970–1978 (= research on military history 3). Styria, Graz / Wien 1994, ISBN 3-222-12260-1 , pp. 211-278, here: p. 272.
  4. ↑ Hubert Prigl: The history of the Langenlebarn air base from 1936 to 2000. Abridged version from his dissertation at the University of Vienna : Part XI: The development of the Austrian air force in the 2nd republic. Page 1 . In: Gotech Austria , accessed on January 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b List of medals and decorations awarded. (PDF) 10542 / AB XXIV.GP - Answer to inquiry, April 23, 2012, p. 57 and p. 328, accessed on November 25, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Bilogan, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1995
Place of death Vienna