Wilhelm Baur de Betaz
Wilhelm Baur de Betaz , also Wilhelm Baur (born February 17, 1883 in Metz , † May 26, 1964 in Lindenfels ), was a German officer, most recently Lieutenant General of the Air Force in World War II .
Life
Career until 1920
His grandfather was the theologian and folk writer Wilhelm Baur . He began his military career under his birth name Wilhelm Baur in the spring of 1903 by entering the second Grand Ducal Hessian Field Artillery Regiment. 61 , where he on 18 October of the same year cadet and on 24 April 1904. Lieutenant was promoted. From October 1909 to September 1911 he attended the Military Technical Academy and then the War Academy until the end of January 1914 . During this time he was promoted to first lieutenant on July 24, 1912 . This was followed by training as an aerial reconnaissance aircraft in the Flieger Battalion No. 1 until August 1, 1914.
With the outbreak of the First World War , he served in the field pilot 's department 27 of the air force until June 18, 1915 . During this time he was promoted to captain on November 8, 1914 . From June 19, 1915 to December 22, 1915 he headed the military aviation school in Nieder Neuendorf and from December 23, 1915 to August 2, 1916 the artillery observer schools in Jüterbog and Groß-Auz . Baur was then until September 11, 1917 commander of the Württemberg aviation department 242 (artillery), the XV. Corps of the Ottoman Armed Forces was assigned. From September 12, 1917 to April 9, 1918, he commanded the Aviation Department 275 (artillery) and was then head of Air Group 23 until January 23.
Until February 4, 1919 he was briefly commander of the aviators in the command of the XI. Army Corps . From February 5 to March 9, 1919, he was in charge of the military air mail for the Weimar National Assembly and was then, until his discharge from the army on April 9, 1920, department head for the inspection of the air force ( Idflieg for short ). He was dismissed with the rank of major .
Weimar Republic
On May 17, 1920 he changed his name from Wilhelm Baur to Wilhelm Baur de Betaz . From August 1921 to August 1926, Baur de Betaz worked as a department head in a company in Berlin and was a board member of the German Aviation Association from October 1926 to March 24, 1933, and then Vice President of the German Aviation Association until December 31, 1934.
time of the nationalsocialism
Wilhelm Baur de Betaz joined the Air Force as a reserve officer on January 1, 1935 and initially worked in the Reich Ministry of Aviation until March 31, 1935 . On March 1, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On April 1, 1935, he was commander of the reserve of the Luftgau XIII . From May 1, 1937 to September 7, 1939 he was head of the group for war studies in the Reich Aviation Ministry. On August 1, 1939, he returned to active service with the rank of colonel .
From 1935 to 1942 he worked in the area of the Reich Aviation Ministry, in 1942 he was assigned to the High Command of the Wehrmacht . From 1942 to 1944 he was chief of the military economic staff in Norway and from 1944 to the end of the war he was a senior field officer at the Wehrmacht commander in Norway.
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Prussian aircraft observer badge
- Cross of honor for front fighters
- Wehrmacht service award IV. To II. Class
- Iron cross clasp
- German cross in silver
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Baur de Betaz in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baur de Betaz, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baur, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and lieutenant general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Metz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1964 |
| Place of death | Lindenfels |