Roderich Cescotti

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Roderich Cescotti (born May 4, 1919 in Herrenalb ; † March 19, 2015 in Fürstenfeldbruck ) was a German major general in the Air Force of the Bundeswehr and author.

Life

When his parents' home in South Tyrol became Italian, the Cescotti family moved to Germany, where Roderich Cescotti was born in Herrenalb in 1919 .

Second World War

During the Second World War , he took part in various fronts as an officer and pilot from 1940 to 1945. From September 6, 1940, he was a first lieutenant in Kampfgeschwader 26 . Until January 7, 1943, he held various functions within the squadron, most recently that of a squadron captain. Then he switched to the transport aircraft before he switched to the staff of Air Fleet Command 5 in Oslo on May 24, 1943 . After another staff assignment in the same year at the Fliegerführer West, he switched to the staff of the IV. Group of Kampfgeschwader 100 as a technical officer in 1944 . After further staff assignments, he took over as captain in command of Group II of Jagdgeschwader 301 from April to May 1945 . He was awarded the German Cross in Gold .

post war period

After the end of the war, Cescotti was taken prisoner by the English, where he was trained as an interpreter. From June 3, 1952, he worked in the Blank Office , the forerunner of the Federal Ministry of Defense, and since June 1, 1955, he was again a member of the German Air Force as a captain. This began a new career for him as a military pilot on various types of aircraft, such as the North American T-6 trainer, the Lockheed T-33 jet trainer , the Republic RF-84 Thunderstreak fighter-bomber and the RF-84F Thunderflash reconnaissance aircraft .

armed forces

As early as May 4, 1956, Cescotti completed the first solo flight by a military pilot in the Federal Republic of Germany after the war. His first assignment after pilot training led him to be responsible for German pilot training in Canada from 1957 to 1958 in Ottawa , London and Portage-la-Prairie. After that he worked for a short time as a clerk for weapons school and formation command training at the command of the schools. January 16, 1960 to February 5, 1965 Cescotti was, first as a Major , commodore of the Reconnaissance Wing 52 . In London, he trained as a defense and air force attaché . After many air force leadership positions at home and abroad within the western military alliance NATO a . a. and as a military representative to NATO in Washington, Cescotti retired from his military career in 1980 as a major general. In his last employment he was from 1977 to 1980 Commander of the NATO Air Force Baltic Sea Accesses ( COMAIRBALTAP ). The traditional community of the reconnaissance wing 52 e. V. made him an honorary member in 2011.

Roderich Cescotti died on March 19, 2015 in Fürstenfeldbruck .

Works (selection)

  • Warplanes and scouts . Bernard & Graefe 1989, ISBN 3-7637-5294-3
  • Aerospace dictionary German - English . Motorbuch Verlag 2001. ISBN 3-613-01536-6
  • Aviation Definitions. English - German / German - English . Glossary of Aeronautical Definitions, Motorbuch Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-613-01167-0
  • Roderich Cescotti: Long-haul flight . Ed .: Kurt Braatz. 1st edition. Twenty-nine six publishing house, Moosburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9811615-8-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cescotti: Long-haul flight . 2012, p. 27 ff.
  2. ^ A b Cescotti: Long-haul flight . 2012, pp. 312-316
  3. ↑ fursty.org: Chronology
  4. ^ Cescotti: Long-haul flight . 2012, p. 255.
  5. ↑ Management personnel of flying formations. Reconnaissance Squadron 52 leak. In: Cactus Starfighter Squadron CSS. Lutz Mühe, accessed on January 11, 2020 : "16.01.1960-05.02.1965 Colonel Cescotti, Roderich"
  6. ↑ Military career in half of Europe. In: merkur-online.de. Münchner Merkur , May 18, 2009, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b retired major general becomes honorary member. In: merkur-online.de. Münchner Merkur , October 24, 2011, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Merkur.de: Obituary notice. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Cescotti, Roderich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military, Major General of the Air Force of the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Herrenalb
DATE OF DEATH 19th March 2015
Place of death Fürstenfeldbruck