Richard Heuser

Richard Heuser (born July 5, 1905 , † October 1988 ) was a German officer , most recently a Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr , and a pilot.

Life

Reichswehr

Heuser was a temporary volunteer in 1923/24. In 1926 he joined the Reichswehr . From 1926 to 1933 he served as an infantry officer . In 1930 he was promoted to lieutenant . In 1933 he completed an aviation training. From 1934 to 1936 he served as an air force officer .

Richard Heuser - 1944

Wehrmacht

In 1936/37 he attended the Air War Academy Berlin-Gatow . From 1938 to 1940 he served in a staff position. In 1939 he was promoted to captain . In 1940 he became a squadron captain in reconnaissance group 10, with which he took part in the campaign in the west .

In 1940 he was promoted to Major i. G. 1940/41 he was a teacher at the Army War Academy in Berlin-Moabit. In 1941/42 he was First General Staff Officer (Ia) of Air Fleet 1 and from 1943 to 1945 head of the chief department in the Reich Ministry of Aviation (RLM) in Berlin. In 1942 he was awarded the German Cross in Gold. In 1943 he was promoted to Colonel i. In 1945 he was still Chief of Staff of the Air Fleet and Air Force Command 4 in Hörsching.

post war period

From 1947 to 1952 he earned his living as a ski instructor, mountain guide and sales representative.

armed forces

In 1952 he was employed by the Blank office in Bonn and then transferred to the Federal Ministry of Defense . There he was a member of the Internal Management Committee . In 1953 he became head of the training department.

In 1955 he was promoted to brigadier general . From 1955 to 1958, Heuser was Deputy Chief of Air Defense at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Paris. From 1958 to 1961 he was the commander of the Air Force Officer School (OSLw) in Neubiberg . From 1961 to 1964 he was Chief Air Defense Division AIRCENT in Fontainebleau near Paris.

literature

• Dieter Krüger : The Blank Office. The difficult founding of the Federal Ministry of Defense (= individual publications on military history . 38). Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, ISBN 3-7930-0198-9 , p. 189.

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Zimmermann : Ulrich de Maizière, General of the Bonn Republic. 1912 to 2006 (= Security Policy and Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 12). Oldenbourg, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-71300-8 , p. 158.