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Heeres-Flakartillerie-Abt Grossdeutschland - signed by Eugen Wößner

The book Red Storm Over The Balkans by David Glantz covers the fighting in Romania during the spring of 1944.

Generalleutnant Eugen Wößner

Born:18 Aug 1896

Kdr I/Art.Rgt 61
Kdr Art.Rgt Stabes z.b.V 781
Stoart Stab Heeresgruppe A
Stoart Stab Heeresgruppe Süd
Kdr Art.Rgt 10
Arko 103
Kdr 262.Inf.Div
Kdr 197.Inf.Div
General der Heeresflaktruppen und Inspekteur der Heeresflaktruppen

DKiG: 09 Sep 1944

General der Polizei Kurt Max Franz Daluege

Born: 15 Sep 1897

Died: 23 Oct 1946 - executed for war crimes in Prague

Highest rank reached: SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst der Polizei

Chef deer Deutschen Ordnungspolizei

Chef Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei

stellv. Reichsprotektor Böhmen und Mähren

RK KvK mit Schwertern: 07 Sep 1943

DKiS: 10 Sep 1942

According to WW-2 Awards, his Wehrpass does exist in a collection somewhere. That would provide pointers to some of the answers.

And I have just found out that his Wehrpass & Soldbuch was sold on the WAF a few years ago and resides in France, but who that owner is I have not got a clue.

No idea. As far as I'm aware the only two in existence are in Münster and Kubinka.

From this weekend (which is Tankfest) they are introducing a CGI viewer sort of thing from World of Tanks whereby, I think, you put on a pair of 3D Virtual Reality goggles and you can see a rendered life size version of the Sturmtiger. They had the console in place playing an advert for it but it wasn't up and running. You can see the set-up on the right of the second photo.

Yesterday I had a day out and visited the Bovington Tank Museum and here are some photos of the Tiger Exhibition. Unfortunately they haven't managed to get a Sturmtiger but they do have a Sturmtiger gun barrel.

The Porsche variant of the Königstiger and the Jagdtiger...

...and the shell that the Jagdtiger fired:

The Henschel variant of the Königstiger and the Elefant which is on loan for 2 years from the US.

Lastly, the well known Tiger '131' and the Sturmtiger's gun barrel.

Nice photo - do you think it is a relative of the previous owner?

Deutsches-Reichs-Sportsabzeichen in Silber for a future Tech.Inspektor.

Oberstleutnant Hans-Georg von Zanthier
Born: 21 Aug 1891
Died: 02 Sep 1969

Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant

Kommandant Magdeburg
Kdr Inf.Rgt 349
Kommandant Feldkommandantur 184
Kommandant Metz
Kommandant Feldkommandantur 1017
Kommandant rückwärtigen Armeegebiets 594
Befehlshaber Po

Generalmajor Curt Bernard

Born: 09 Dec 1886
Died: 02 Dec 1954

Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant

Kdr 3.Schützen-Brigade

Chef des Generalstabes Gruppenkommando 4

Kdr Division Nr 178

General der Artillerie Friedrich Dollmann

Born: 02 Feb 1882

Died: 28 Jun 1944

Highest rank reached: Generaloberst

Kdr IX.Armeekorps

Kdr 7.Armee

RK: 24 Jun 1940

EL: 01 Jul 1944 (Posthumous)

Hauptmann Erich Marquardt
Born: 20 May 1911

Highest rank reached: Major

3./Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L
Staffelkapitän 2./Erg.Aufkl.Gr.(F) Ob.d.L
Staffelkapitän 2./Erg.Fernaufkl.Gr.
Staffelkapitän 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr.Ob.d.L
Staffelkapitän 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 100

Ehrenpokal: 17 Jan 1944

Hauptmann Georg-Friedrich Altvater
Born: 18 Dec 1910
Died: 13 Nov 1942 (Killed in action)

Highest rank reached: Major

II/KG-3
Staffelkapitän Stabstaffel/KG-3
6./KG-27

19 minutes ago, Bernhard H.Holst said:

Hello Kevin.

Of passing interest may be the Waffen-SS' method of applying their usual training programs  to all the potential "leaders" (not called officers) including those to be assigned to strictly  administrative duties. This did give Waffen-SS formations the means to fall back on such personnel in case of emergency situations.

BTW: this writer was evacuated during 1943-1944 to a place not far from what is now Bad Arolsen which was the training center for future administrative leaders. We shared training grounds for field service exercises so had opportunities to observe them being trained and they were run through the grinder.

Bernhard H. Holst

 

Thanks for the additional snippet. It sounds like you were glad you didn't go through their training regime, and who can blame you.

SS-Unterscharführer Wilhelm Drager
Born: 03 Oct 1911

Highest rank reached: SS-Untersturmführer

12./SS-Pol.Schtz.Rgt 3
SS-Führerschule des Wirtschafts-Verwaltungsdienstes

Generalmajor Gerhard Berthold

Born: 12 Mar 1891

Died: 14 Apr 1942 (Killed in action)

Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant (Posthumous)

Kdr Inf.Rgt 82
Kdr Inf.Rgt 17
Kdr 31.Inf.Division
Fhr XXXXIII Armeekorps
Kdr 31.Inf.Division

RK: 04 Dec 1941

SS-Hauptsturmführer Ewald Ehlers
Born: 03 Jan 1910
Died: 28 Apr 1945 (lynched by his own men in Dirlewanger Brigade)

Highest rank reached: SS-Sturmbannführer

1.kl.Kraftwagenkolonne (SS-Totenkopf-Division)
SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 5
1./SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 12
SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 8
SS-Totenkopf-Standarte "Kirkenes"
6./SS-Infanterie-Regiment 8
SS-Gebirgs-Ersatz-Bataillon
Chef 39.SS-Rekruten-Depot "Debica"
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf"
SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7 (4.SS-Polizei-Division)
Kdr II./Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 73 (SS-Sturmbrigade "Dirlewanger")
Kdr Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 73 (36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS)

Also served at KZ Dachau

Usually it is just a continuation of his service such as this example shown here but unfortunately it looks like when NARA originally copied the files they didn't bother (or forgot) to copy the reverse of Zwick's one.

That is all there is on his card file. If his personnel file exists in NARA then it will probably be in A3356 Roll 940.7, 985 or 999 with the last two being supplementary files.

The only 'Zwick' listed in the 1936 Stellenbesetzung is a Haputmann (E) with 15./Inf.Rgt 69 but the seniority date is different being 01.10.1934 so it might not be him.

Your best hope for his WW-1 details is to see if his file is held in NARA, in the A3356 series.

This is his German card file:

Hauptmann Helmuth Raithel

Born: 09 April 1907

Died: 12 September 1970

Highest rank reached: SS-Standartenführer (transferred to Waffen-SS in 1943)

Nachr.Offizier GJR 100
Kdr II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 143
Kdr Waffen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment der SS 28
Kdr Waffen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment der SS 58
Kdr 23. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Kama" (kroatische Nr. 2)
Kdr SS-Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 11 "Reinhard Heydrich"

DKiG: 31 Jan 1942

Have you managed to look in the KG-26 history? I don't have it I'm afraid but maybe he is shown in there although as he was only with KG-26 for around a year it might be a long shot.

He certainly seems to of been transferred a lot! For anyone else who might know where to look this is his listing in the Officer Career Summaries:

WERNER, Otto-Friedrich. (DOB: 13.06.12). (i.G.). 01.04.30 pre-military flight training with DVS (to
31.03.31). 01.04.31 Kriegsmarine (officer from 1934). 01.05.35 trf from the Kriegsmarine to the
Luftwaffe and assigned to Fliegerschule 2 (Warnemünde) for Beobachter (observer) training. 01.10.35
promo to Oblt. 01.12.35 trf to Fliegerstaffel (F) (See) at List/Sylt as a Beobachter (observer/navigator).
01.10.36 trf to Kü.Fl.St. 2./Kü.Fl.Gr. 206 at Norderney. 01.07.37 trf to 2.(F)/Kü.Fl.Gr. 106 Hörnum.
01.10.37 trf to Fliegerschule (See) Bug auf Rügen as a gunnery instructor. 15.11.38 at Fliegerwaffenschule (See) Bug auf Rügen. 05.01.39 ordered temporary duty to Höh. Lw.-Schule (Lehrgang 137) (to 31.03.39).
01.02.39 promo to Hptm. 25.08.39 trf to Stab/Luftgaukdo. XI as Ib Fl. 01.11.39 Hptm., trf from
Fl.Waffenschule (See) Bug auf Rügen to Stab/Führer der Seeluft West and appt Ib. 26.07.40 trf to
Ergänzungs-Fliegergruppe (See). 12.08.40 trf to KG 4 and assigned to 6. Staffel. 18.09.40 trf to
1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 906. 26.09.40 Hptm., appt Staka 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 906. 07.08.41 Hptm., Staka 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 906.
02.10.41 trf to Stab/Gen.d.Lw. beim Ob.d.M. and appt Ia. 01.04.42 promo to Maj. 16.04.42 trf to
Stab/Führer d. Seeluftstreitkräfte and appt Ia. 07.42 transferred to Stab/Luftflotte 3. 01.08.42 trf to
Stab/Gen.Kdo. IX. Fliegerkorps and appt Ic. 01.01.43 Maj., trf into the General Staff of the Luftwaffe (did
not attend the Luftkriegsakademie). 13.03.43 ordered temporary duty to Stab/Luftflotte 5 for Ic training
(to 26.03.43). 27.03.43 trf from Genst./IX. Fliegerkorps to Stab/Angriffsführer England and appt Ic.
1943 Maj., reassigned to Stab/General der Kampfflieger. 15.10.43 reassigned to IV./KG 26 for aerial
torpedo training and appt provisional Kommandeur. 11.08.44 Maj., appt Kdr. II./KG 26 (to 02.12.44).
1945 Maj., Ia/Komm.Gen.d.Dt.Lw. in Dänemark (to 08.05.45).

Just out of curiosity, who was the second one named as (supposing Fisher was the other)?