Wolfgang Weese

Wolfgang Gustav Julius Weese (born January 7, 1890 in Karlsruhe , † November 12, 1961 in Ansfelden ) was a lieutenant general in the German Air Force in World War II .

Life

He was the son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Paul Weese (1855–1929).

Weese joined the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113 of the Prussian Army as an ensign from the Cadet Corps on March 13, 1909 , was promoted to lieutenant on January 27, 1910 and was employed as a company officer until the end of September 1912. He then served in the same position until the end of June 1914 in the 1st Baden Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 109 . After that Weese had until mid-October 1914 in the flying school Halberstadt and Schwerin to and in the plane spare Division 1 pilots train. From October 15 to December 2, 1914, Weese was a pilot in Feldfliegerabteilung 40. This was followed by his use in Army Aviation Park 4 until January 18, 1915, and later in Army Aviation Park 2. From January 19, 1915 to August 25, 1916, Weese (first lieutenant since February 15, 1915 ) was again deployed as a pilot in Feldfliegerabteilung 32 and then until August 20, 1916 in Kampfgeschwader 3 ( England Squadron ) of the Supreme Army Command . From August 21 to October 6, 1916, he was briefly employed in the Air Force Replacement Division 8. Subsequently, he returned as a pilot to Bomber Wing III and was promoted to captain on September 16, 1917 . On June 6, 1918, Weese was taken prisoner by the French , which lasted until the end of the war. It was no longer used in the air force until the end of February 1920, so Weese used the abbreviation zV . From March to October 9, 1920 he was employed in the Reichswehr Ministry, where he retired from active service as a captain.

Weese worked in civil aviation from May 25, 1925 to August 21, 1933. On August 22, 1933, he was reactivated as an employee of the Luftwaffe, which was being secretly set up, and worked until the end of January 1934 in the inspection of flying schools in the Reich Ministry of Aviation . From February to June 1934 Weese served as a major in the command of the flying schools in Berlin . Then until mid-October 1934 it was used at the fighter pilot school in Lechfeld . After a weapons course in Döberitz , Weese was deployed from December 15, 1934 to March 12, 1936 at the Faßberg Fighting School . In the meantime he had been promoted to lieutenant colonel on December 1, 1935 . As such, Weese was appointed commander of the pilot school in Ludwigslust on March 13, 1936 . He held this post until the end of February 1937. Then Weese rose to the command of the pilot school and the pilot replacement department in Braunschweig , where he rose to colonel on March 1, 1938 . From August 1, 1938 to the end of February 1939, Weese acted as commander of the pilot school and commander of the pilot replacement department 6 in Münster .

Weese acted from March 1939 to March 1940 as commander of the Aircraft Training Regiment 24. Subsequently, until the end of August 1940, he was employed in the staff of Air Force Group 7. On September 1, 1940, Weese was commander of Air Force Group 4, which he did until the end of August 1940 August 17, 1943 stayed. In this function he was promoted to lieutenant general on April 1, 1943. Weese was then commander of Luftzeuggruppe 3, whose leadership he held until February 29, 1944. From March 1 to March 6, 1944, he was in command of Luftgautruppen 3 for a few days (renaming of Luftzeuggruppe 3), after which he was transferred to the reserve command of the Air Force High Command. Here Weese was held at the disposal of the Aviation Replacement Battalion VII . However, it was no longer used. Weese retired from active military service on April 30, 1944.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. The military careers of the aviation, anti-aircraft, paratrooper, air intelligence and engineer officers. Volume 2: Habermehl – ​​Nuber. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991 ISBN 3-7648-2208-2 , p. 482f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Kreßmann: Officer list of the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1911, p. 64.