Ludwig Schulz (General)

Ludwig Schulz (born August 4, 1896 in Lissa , Posen province ; † December 10, 1966 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was a German officer , most recently Major General of the Air Force in World War II .

Military biography

Promotions

• June 17, 1915 Private
• August 27, 1915 Reserve officer
• December 21, 1915 Vice Sergeant in the Reserve
• August 31, 1916 Lieutenant in the reserve
• September 30, 1920 Lieutenant
• February 1, 1935 Captain
• August 1, 1937 Major
• July 19, 1940 Lieutenant Colonel
• April 1, 1942 Colonel
• October 1, 1944 Major General

Schulz entered the Reserve Infantry Regiment 227 as a war volunteer on September 9, 1914 , where he was deployed until May 24, 1915 as part of the First World War . On May 25, 1915, he transferred to the Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72 as a reserve officer candidate , where he served as platoon and company commander until the end of January 1918. In February 1918, Schulz transferred to the air forces , where he received training as a pilot . He then flew in this capacity, beyond the end of the war until December 1918, in an unknown squadron. In December 1918 Schulz joined the Neufville Freikorps , in which he remained until 1920. On September 30, 1920 he resigned from military service and was appointed lieutenant .

On February 1, 1935, Schulz was reactivated for the Luftwaffe , which was under construction , while being appointed captain . There he was first used until the end of April 1935 as an officer for special use in the Reich Aviation Ministry . In May 1935 he was assigned to the Fliegergruppe Münster , in which he remained until the end of January 1936. In February 1936 he was promoted to squadron captain in Kampfgeschwader 153 . In November 1937, however, Schulz was appointed as a tactics teacher at Air War School 5 in Breslau , where he taught until the beginning of September 1938. On September 3, 1938, he was promoted to group leader in the General Staff of the II. Fliegerkorps ( Frankfurt am Main ), whose function he held until October 31, 1939.

On November 1, 1939 Schulz was appointed commander of the I. Group in Kampfgeschwader 76 , which he successfully led in the western campaign , u. a. in attacks on Hirson and Sissonne airfields . His group also bombed various railways and ships in Dunkirk . In a low- flying attack on Paris on June 2, 1940, Schulz was wounded and his pilot killed. He then took over the helm and brought the Do 17 back to the starting airfield. Until July 27, 1940 Schulz was in a hospital because of the injuries he had suffered. On August 16, 1940 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for the achievements of his squadron group in the western campaign .

On July 28, 1940, he was appointed commander of Air War School 5 in Breslau, in whose function he also served as the air base commander of Breslau - Schöngarten until February 21, 1945 . Most recently, Schulz also acted as Combat Group Leader Air War School 5 . It was here that he was promoted to major general on October 1, 1944, and on February 19, 1945 he was awarded the Knight's Cross for the leadership of the combat group he set up. On February 22, 1945, Schulz rose to the position of senior commander of the Air War School, which he held until the end of the war. On May 8, 1945, Schulz was taken prisoner by the United States , from which he was released on May 1, 1947.

literature

• Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935–1945 Part II, Volume 3: Odebrecht – Zoch , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-2207-4 , pp. 265–266