Werner Junck

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Werner Junck (born December 28, 1895 in Magdeburg , † August 6, 1986 in Munich ) was a German officer , most recently Lieutenant General in the Air Force in World War II .

Life

Promotions

First World War

On August 10, 1914, Junck volunteered as a war volunteer . In the first phase of the First World War he served in the field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold von Bayern" (Magdeburgisches) No. 4 and from October 5, 1914 to May 12, 1915 in the 1st Westphalian field artillery regiment No. 7 . On May 13, 1915, he switched to the 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72 as platoon leader . On September 30, 1915 he was assigned to the 9th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 160 , where he was seriously wounded on October 11, 1915. After several months in the hospital, Junck returned to the 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72 on December 22, 1915. On March 12, 1916, Junck switched to the air force and completed an aircraft pilot training there with the pilot replacement department 8 in Graudenz . After returning to the field service, Junck served from December 27, 1916 to January 16, 1917, first in Army Aircraft Park 4 and then until February 11, 1917 with Field Aviation Department 33. After the end of the war, he was with the Army until December 5, 1918 Jagdstaffel 8 and scored five aerial victories.

Interwar years

On December 6, 1918, Junck came to Flieger Ersatz -teilung 11, where he was involved in its demobilization until the end of January 1919 . Junck then flew from January 29 to September 24, 1919 as a pilot in Troop Flier Squadron 8 and then until May 1920 with the Eastern Border Guard . On May 6, 1920 Junck temporarily returned to the army, where he was initially used in the 8th column of motor vehicles until the end of September 1920. From October 1920 to May 1923 he served as a company officer in the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 13 and from January 1921 on as a battalion adjutant in the 18th Infantry Regiment . Junck left the Reichswehr on May 31, 1923 .

Junck was then commissioned to set up the German airline in Colombia and Venezuela . An occupation that he carried out until the end of 1924. On January 1, 1925, he was appointed head of the Secret Aviation School and test site of the Reichswehr in Lipetsk ( Soviet Union ), which he led until 1927. After his return to Germany, Junck worked from 1927 to 1930 as chief pilot at the Albatros aircraft factory in Berlin-Johannisthal . In 1930 Junck was delegated to Bolivia , where he worked for the local German military mission under the direction of Hans Kundt . Junck returned to Germany in 1931 and was chief pilot and head of the test department of the Heinkel aircraft factory in Warnemünde until the end of June 1934 .

On July 1, 1934, Junck transferred to the Luftwaffe , which was being set up, where he was initially employed as an officer for special use in the Reich Aviation Ministry in Berlin until July 1935 . On August 1, 1935, Junck was appointed commander of the Schwerin Fliegergruppe, which he led until March 1936. On March 12, 1936, he was appointed commander of the I. Group with Fliegertruppe 165 in Kitzingen . Junck left this air force at the end of September 1936 and was appointed commander of the Rechlin test site on October 1, 1936 , which he led until the end of February 1937. In March 1937 Junck returned to the Reich Ministry of Aviation, where he served as head of department C II until March 1938. On April 1, 1938, Junck was appointed commodore of Jagdgeschwader 334, which was renamed Jagdgeschwader 133 on November 1, 1938 and, six months later, Jagdgeschwader 53 .

Second World War

On February 1, 1939 Junck was promoted to inspector of the fighter pilots ; a position he held until June 4, 1940. Until the end of April 1941 he was Fighter Pilot 3. On May 1, 1941 Junck was appointed leader of the Junck Special Command that was to plan the future deployment of the German Air Force in Iraq . However, this plan was rejected after the start of the Eastern campaign in July 1941. Junck was then appointed fighter pilot German Bight on August 1, 1941 . On April 1, 1942, he rose to the command of the Jagd-Division Mitte . On October 1, 1942, Junck was appointed commander of the newly established 3rd Hunting Division , which he led until September 8, 1943. He had previously been promoted to major general on April 1, 1943 .

After the conversion of the 3rd Jagd-Division into the 4th Jagd-Division on September 15, 1943, Junck resigned from his command structure and was posted to Luftflotte 3 until October 14, 1943 . On October 15, 1943, coming from there, he was appointed commanding general of the II. Hunting Corps with a command post in Gouvieux near Paris , which he then led until June 30, 1944. Under his command, the corps was the main porter of the Anglo-American air offensive after the Allied landing in Normandy . For his achievements there, Junck was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on June 9, 1944 . On July 1, 1944, Junck gave command of the corps to Alfred Bülowius and was in the Führerreserve until the end of December 1944 . On December 31, 1944, he retired from active military service.

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. Part II, Volume 2: Habermehl – ​​Nuber. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , pp. 142-143.
  • Ernst Obermaier: The Luftwaffe Knight's Cross bearers 1939–1945. Volume I: Fighter pilots. Dieter Hoffmann Publishing House. 1966, p. 147.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 425.
personal data
SURNAME Junck, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1986
Place of death Munich