Robert Krauss

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Robert Krauss (born March 20, 1894 in Bayreuth , † February 20, 1953 in Lindau (Bodensee) ) was a German officer , most recently major general in the Air Force in World War II .

Life

Krauss came just after the outbreak of the First World War on August 16, 1914 as a volunteer in the reserve battalion of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold" the Bavarian Army and was on 21 October 1914 in the Jäger Regiment 1 was added. From September 27, 1915 to December 3, 1917 he served as platoon leader in Reserve Jäger Battalion 1 and was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve on June 2, 1916 . From January 22nd to June 20th, 1918 his training followed at the Bavarian Aviation School No. 5 and thereafter Krauss was stationed at the army airfield until August 29th, 1918 . At the end of the war he was a pilot in the Bavarian Aviation Battalion, Aviation Department Artillery 293 (FA A 293) and retired from military service on February 6, 1919.

From March 13, 1920 to July 16, 1921 he served as a volunteer with the 2nd Battalion of Infantry Regiment 5 in Prenzlau and resigned as a first lieutenant in the reserve. In 1922 he completed his mechanical engineering degree.

On April 1, 1935, Krauss entered the newly established Luftwaffe with the rank of major and first completed a two-month MG course with the Königsbrück infantry regiment . From June 1, 1935, he was assigned to the flying group in Göppingen . From 1 August 1935 to 30 September 1936 he was commander of the training flight services of Air Force garrison Halberstadt and also of the local air base . Then Krauss was deployed in the Faßberg bomber (pilot) school .

From January 1 to September 30, 1937 he was squadron captain (from August 1, 1937, Lieutenant Colonel ) of Kampfgeschwader 157 , then commander of III./Kampfgeschwader 257 until December 31, 1937 and until October 31, 1939, commander of IV./ Kampfgeschwader 152. the rod that I./Kampfgeschwader 1 and the I./KG 152 (as of 18 September, the II./KG 1) participated at the 1st air Division of the air Force 1 in the northern sector of the front on the invasion of Poland in part . From May 1, 1939, Krauss was in command of I. Group / Combat Squadron 1 "Hindenburg" and was responsible for Kolberg Air Base during this time .

After the beginning of the Second World War, Krauss, who had been a colonel from February 1, 1940 , was an officer with special responsibilities from November 1, 1939 to February 28, 1940, and then until September 30, 1940, as a group leader in the regulatory department of the Reich Aviation Ministry . In connection with a memorandum on the armament of the Air Force edited by State Secretary in the Reich Aviation Ministry Erhard Milch , Krauss is referred to as Operations Director of Deutsche Lufthansa AG .

From 1 October 1940 to 30 April 1941, he commanded the great fighter pilot school 3 (KFS 3) in Warsaw Okecie and the local air base . On November 11, 1941, as Colonel, he became the commander of Combat School Squadron 1 (KSG 1) newly set up in Greifswald by the staff of KFS 3. He held this position until February 1, 1943. In January 1943, KSG 1 became the school unit known as Kampfgeschwader 101 (KG 101), which Krauss commanded until October 31, 1944, the date the unit was disbanded.

On August 1, 1943, Krauss was promoted to major general and then posted as commander of the Luftwaffe service command in Hamburg from November 1, 1944 to January 31, 1945. During the last months of the war he worked at the command level, first in air surveillance over Wiesbaden , then over Munich . After the war he was taken prisoner of war until June 1947 .

literature

  • John Weal: He 111 Kampfgeschwader in the West (Combat Aircraft) . Osprey Publishing, 2012, p. 89, ISBN 978-1-84908-670-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthias Blazek: The secret large construction site in the heath. Faßberg and his air base 1933–2013. Ibidem, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-95538-017-5 , p. 17.
  2. ^ Bernhard R. Kroener: The German Empire and the Second World War. Volume 5/1: Organization and mobilization of the German sphere of influence. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-421-06232-3 , pp. 718-719.
  3. ↑ Simon Reimann: Conception and Reality of National Socialist Air Armament. 1st edition. GRIN Verlag, Munich 2003, o. S., ISBN 978-3-638-76658-6 . Reimann Krauss added the addition "Dr" by mistake.
  4. ^ Schools of the Wehrmacht: Combat School Squadron and Large Combat Aviation Schools. A project by Jan-Hendrik, Bernd R and Dmitrij2, Axis History, last updated on April 7, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Krauss, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1953
Place of death Lindau (Lake Constance)