Willi Harmjanz

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Willi Harmjanz (born January 4, 1893 in Neuruppin , † January 1, 1983 in Berlin-Zehlendorf ) was a German officer , most recently General of the Air Force Aviators in World War II .

Life

Promotions

Early years and World War I

Harmjanz joined the Teutonic Order Infantry Regiment No. 152 on March 23, 1911 as a flag junior , where he was used as a company commander after his promotion to lieutenant until the outbreak of the First World War . After the outbreak of war he served in his main regiment as platoon and company commander and as a battalion adjutant until July 1916 . In August 1916, Harmjanz switched to the air force . Here he completed his training as an aircraft observer until the end of November 1916. From December 1, 1916 to the end of November 1918, he then flew in this role in Aviation Department 253 on the Western Front . On December 1, 1918, Harmjanz returned as a company officer to his main regiment, where he remained until its demobilization at the end of July 1919. On July 31, 1919 Harmjanz arbitration under presentation of the character as captain from active military service and moved to the next day police about.

Interwar years

Here Harmjanz was employed with the rank of police captain from August 1, 1919 as a leader of the Hundreds of the Gleiwitz police group. He held this position until the end of September 1920. He then worked until mid-March 1921 as a Hundred Leader in the Ratibor police group and from December 1920 in the same position at the command of the Liegnitz police force . From March 15, 1921 to July 1926, he was the commando leader in the security police in Grünberg . Subsequently, Harmjanz acted again from August 1926 to April 1930 as a Hundred Leader with the police in Opole and Cottbus . In May 1930 he was assigned to the police in Königsberg , where Harmjanz worked as a clerk until February 1933. He then took the same position from March 1933 to July 1935 at the state police inspection there.

Second World War

With effect from August 1, 1935, Harmjanz, while being appointed lieutenant colonel , transferred to the air force that was being established . Here he served until November 1935 in the staff of the general air master in the local training command . On December 1, 1935 he was appointed commander of Luftzeuggruppe III, which later formed under the name Luftzeuggruppe IV. Harmjanz held this position until the end of September 1939. During this time, from March to September 1939, he also served as quartermaster at Luftgau Command IV. Subsequently, from September 24, 1939 to May 31, 1940, he was deployed as commander of Posen Aircraft Group II . After the occupation of Norway by German troops in the spring of 1940, Harmjanz was appointed commander of the Air Force Group Norway on June 1, 1940. There he rose on December 1, 1940 to the first commanding general of the German Air Force in Norway . He held this position until April 30, 1941. Previously, Harmjanz had been promoted to lieutenant general on April 1, 1941 . From May to June 1941 he acted as commander of the field air force group Norway. On June 26, 1941, he was appointed commanding general of the Feldluftgau Command Norway, whose business he initially headed mdWdGb until August 14, 1941 . From August 15, 1944, this addition was omitted and Harmjanz acted uninterruptedly as the commanding general of the Feldluftgau Command Norway until January 17, 1944. As early as October 1, 1942, he was appointed General of the Airmen in this capacity.

After this department was closed, Harmjanz joined the Führerreserve on January 17, 1944 and was appointed commanding general of the German Air Force in Finland on June 23, 1944 . He thus succeeded General der Flieger Julius Schulz . When this office was converted into Luftgau-Kommando XVI based in Dresden on December 18, 1944 , Harmjanz was commissioned to set up this command until January 17, 1945. After its termination, he returned to the Führerreserve and resigned from military service on April 30, 1945.

At the end of the war, Harmjanz was arrested by the Red Army and was then held as a prisoner of war by the Soviets until April 23, 1950 .

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 2: Habermehl – ​​Nuber. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , pp. 34-35.

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personal data
SURNAME Harmjanz, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General der Flieger in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuruppin
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1983
Place of death Berlin-Zehlendorf