Paul Haeffner

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Paul Haeffner (born June 21, 1917 ; † May 29, 2006 in Bad Krozingen ) was a German officer in the army of the Wehrmacht and later an air force officer and lieutenant general in the Bundeswehr .

Military background

Wehrmacht

Promotions

Paul Haeffner already served as an officer in the Wehrmacht . At the beginning of September 1938 he was promoted to lieutenant , at that time belonging to the Panzer Pioneer Battalion 79 (then Pioneer Battalion 79 ). In February 1942 he was awarded the German Cross in Gold with the rank of First Lieutenant . As a captain , he commanded the Panzer Pioneer Battalion Hermann Göring , which was newly set up in the winter of 1942/1943 , whose name was changed shortly afterwards to Fallschirm-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 1 Hermann Göring ( Parachute Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring ) from December 1942 to January 1944. With his promotion to major in October 1943, he became a staff officer .

armed forces

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Promotions

Haeffner was in the Bundeswehr from 1964 to 1966 as Colonel  i. G. Chief of Staff of the 2nd Air Force Division in Karlsruhe and from October 1, 1969 to March 31, 1973 with the rank of Brigadier General, head of the Air Force Materials Office . He was then commander of the Air Force Support Group South in Karlsruhe until the end of September .

With his appointment as lieutenant general, he was from October 1, 1974 to September 30, 1977 in his last military service, commanding general of the Air Force Support Command .

After retirement

After his retirement, Haeffner lived in Staufen im Breisgau and was a member of the Breisgau history association Schau-ins-Land . He died in Bad Krozingen, where he was buried after his death on June 8, 2006.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dermot Bradley, Heinz-Peter Würzenthal: The Generals and Admirals of the Bundeswehr , Volume 2.1 (Gaedcke-Hoff), Osnabrück 2000.
  2. ^ Obituary notice in the Badische Zeitung, No. 130, June 9, 2006.
  3. ↑ Haefnner, Paul. In: Günter Wegmann: The service careers of the officers of the General Staff of the German Army, 1935–1945. According to the status of September 1, 1944 based on the hand list of the Army Personnel Office with additions and continuation until 1945 as well as a list of the officers who left the General Staff by August 31, 1944. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1998, p. 241.
  4. ↑ Introduction to 2nd Air Force Division BL 7-2 1959–1995. Federal Archives, 2007, accessed on August 8, 2020 .
  5. ^ Retirement for the commander of the Air Force Support Group South, Major General Bert Tägtmeyer. ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Schlesiger 1973 picture archive in the German Digital Library, March 29, 1973.
  6. ↑ Change of command in the Air Force Support Group South. ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Schlesiger 1974 picture archive in the German Digital Library, September 27, 1974.
  7. ↑ Personnel changes in the Bundeswehr. In: Wehrkunde , Volume 23, Gesellschaft für Wehrkunde , 1974, p. 654.
  8. ↑ Introduction to Air Force Support Command BL 28 1949-2001. Federal Archives, 2000, accessed on August 8, 2020 .
  9. ^ Directory of the members of the Breisgau history association (Schau-ins-Land), 1981.
  10. ↑ Burials ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ev-kirche-bad-krozingen.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Community letter of the Evangelical Church Community Bad Krozingen, August / September 2006, p. 31.
  11. ^ In: Franz Kurowski : Denied Fatherhood. Wehrmacht officers created the Bundeswehr. Pour le Mérite Verlag , 2000, p. 366. ISBN 3-932-38112-2
predecessor Office successor
Hellmuth Hauser Commanding generals of the Air Force Support Command
1974–1971 		Friedrich Obleser
predecessor Office successor
Max Schimmelpfennig Head of the Air Force Materials Office
1969–1973 		Walter Feuerrohr
personal data
SURNAME Haeffner, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in the air force
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1917
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 2006
Place of death Bad Krozingen