Lothar von Heinemann (General)

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Hans Friedrich Walter Theodor Lothar von Heinemann (born November 18, 1905 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † 1997 ) was an officer in the Air Force of the Wehrmacht and later the Air Force of the Bundeswehr . He retired as major general .

Life

Von Heinemann joined the army of the Reichswehr on October 25, 1925 . On October 6, 1936, he began general staff training at the Army War Academy in Berlin, which had reopened the previous year. On August 1, 1938, Heinemann moved to the Air Force. He was on March 1, 1939 Squadron Captain of the 6th Squadron of Kampfgeschwader 253 . The squadron was renamed to Kampfgeschwader 4 on May 1, 1939 .

By Kampfgeschwader 4 he took one from 1 September 1939 at the rank captain at the invasion of Poland in part. For this purpose, the squadron with its Heinkel He 111 was subordinate to the 2nd Air Division in Luftflotte 4 . In 1940 Lothar von Heinemann was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class . On March 1, 1940, von Heinemann became the first general staff officer (Ia) to join the 8th Air Corps, with whom he took part in the campaign in the west , the Battle of Britain and the German-Soviet War . On November 1, 1940, Heinemann was promoted to major . On February 20, 1942 he went to the Reich Ministry of Aviation . On April 9, 1942, Heinemann was awarded the German Cross in Gold . On August 20, 1942, in the meantime as a lieutenant colonel , he took over the post of Ia at Fliegerführer 1 in Luftflotte 1 in the north of the Soviet Union . From October 26, 1942, Lothar von Heinemann was deputy chief of the General Staff of the 8th Air Corps from January 15, 1943. Here he was promoted to colonel on April 1, 1943 , before joining the staff of Luftflotte 4 on June 12, 1943. From September 6, 1943, he became Chief of the General Staff in the II. Fliegerkorps and from July 20, 1944 in the same position with the I. Hunting Corps. On September 1, 1944, he changed again to serve in the same position in the II. Hunting Corps. He then moved on January 26, 1945 as commander of the 14th Air Division. In this function he was taken prisoner by the Allies on May 2, 1945 near Husum .

In 1956 he joined the Air Force of the German Armed Forces and was Chief of Staff of the Air Force Command from July 1, 1958 to December 31, 1960 as Brigadier General . He then led, as major general, the 4th Air Defense Division in Aurich until December 3, 1963. He retired as major general. Then he was a consultant to the Allgemeine Deutsche Philips Industrie .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst Rohde: The German Reich and the Second World War , Volume 2, The establishment of hegemony on the European continent , Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt , Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-421-01935-5 , p. 103.
  2. ↑ You wear the Iron Cross in 1939 . With photo. In: The eagle . No. 20 . Berlin November 14, 1939, p. 18 ( scribd.com ).
  3. ↑ Germans Complete Ft. Bliss Course . In: El Paso Herald-Post . El Paso July 28, 1959, p. 19 (English).
  4. ^ F-104 Associations. 4th Air Force Division. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Hoffmann: Generals in private pay. In: zeit.de. June 5, 1970. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Armor: "The elite cavort there". In: DER SPIEGEL 28/1972. 1972, Retrieved April 10, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Heinemann, Lothar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinemann, Hans Friedrich Walter Theodor Lothar von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer in the air force of the Wehrmacht and later in the air force of the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt (Oder)
DATE OF DEATH 1997