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    hucks216

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    1. Oberst Karl Becher Born: 29 Jan 1885 Died: 23 Jan 1957 Highest rank reached: Generalmajor Kdr III/Infanterie-Rgt Rastenburg Kdr III/Infanterie-Rgt 23 Kdr Landwehr-Infanterie-Rgt 162 Kdr Infanterie-Rgt 250 Kdr Infanterie-Rgt 228 Kdr Infanterie-Rgt 547 Wehrmacht-Kommandant Königsberg Fortress-Kommandant Königsberg Wehrmacht-Kommandant Bielefeld
    2. Hauptmann Hellmuth Stamm Fl.Erg.Btl 26 Staffelkapitän Küstenfliegergruppe 506 3./Küstenfliegergruppe 406 Staffelkapitän 3./Küstenfliegergruppe 406 Staffelkapitän 1./Fl.Erg.Gr. (See) Staffelkapitän Erg.Kü.Fl.St.(F) Staffelkapitän 4.(See)/Erg.Aufkl.Geschwader 1 Ehrenpokal: 17 Aug 1942 (Source: Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey)
    3. Hauptmann Alfred Hemm Highest rank reached: Major Staffelkapitän 4.(F)/Aufklärungsgruppe 122 V/KG-40 Kdr V/KG-40 I/NJG-1 (Source: Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey)
    4. Oberleutnant Kurt Necesany Born: 28 Nov 1920 Died: 14 Feb 1944 - KIA when shot down over the Bay of Biscay Z.Kdo/KG-6 13./KG-30 12./KG-40 Staffelkapitän 14.(Z)/KG-40 2./ZG-1 Ia Stab I/ZG-1 Credited with 6 victories Ehrenpokal: 06 Mar 1944 (posthumous) (Source: Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey)
    5. Not something I have ever seen before but an interesting looking example.
    6. Oberst i.G. Karl Otto Hermann Wilhelm Wolfgang Ziegler Born: 05 Feb 1890 Died: 15 Oct 1939 - Suicide Highest rank reached: Generalmajor Kdr Infanterie-Rgt 88 Infanterie-Kommandeur 19 Kdr 71.Infanterie-Division
    7. Another one to identify if possible. The 1936 DAL for 25.Division confirms the surname as Ziegler but that is the only place I can find it. There are two Ziegler's in 'Die Dienstlaufbahnen der Offiziere des Generalstabes des deutschen Heeres 1935-45 Vol 1 & 2' by Christian Zweng but neither are this particular individual, or at least don't mention 25.Division. I would have thought that if he was an Oberst in 1936 then he would have made General rank at some point or retired but neither of that is helping. It also isn't future General der Artillerie Heinz Ziegler as he wasn't an Oberst until 1938.
    8. I'm struggling to identify this signature of an Oberstleutnant und Kommandeur der Schutzpolizei in Kiel in 1940. I thought it looked like 'Betzel' but nothing seems to come up with a search for those details. Could it be Hermann Keuper who would go on to command Polizei-Rgt Nord in 1941?
    9. Hauptmann Dr Heinrich (Heinz) Wolf Born: 27 Oct 1914 Died: 13 Mar 2011 Highest rank reached: Major (Luftwaffe) / Oberst in Bundeswehr Kampfgruppe I. K/88 - Legion Condor II/KG-27 5./KG-27 FFS C 1 II/KG-27 Staffelkapitän 4./KG-27 Luftkriegschule Stab/Luftflotte 4 Ia in Stab/Luftflotte 4 Generalstab der Luftwaffe Stab 15.Luftwaffe-Felddivision Kdr Feld-Ers.Btl.d.Luftflotte 1 Lw.-Verbindungs-Offz. to Pz.AOK 1. Ic Stab/I.Fl.Korps Kdr Feld-Ers.Btl.1(L) DKiG: 17 Aug 1942 Ehrenpokal: 08 Aug 1941 (Source: Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey)
    10. Hauptmann Albert Blumensaat Born: 02 Apr 1902 Died: 31 Mar 1944 - Illness Highest rank reached: Oberstleutnant Staffelkapitän 10.(N)/JG-131 Staffelkapitän 10.(N)/JG-2 Kdr IV.(NJ)/JG-2 Kdr I/JG-53 Gruppenleiter JFS-2 Kdr Erg.JGr. Nerseburg Kdr Erg.Gr/JG-77 Kdr III/JG-52 Kommodore der Ergänzungsjagdgruppen Kdr II/Fliegerverbindungsgeschwader 2 Kdr NJG-102 Credited with 2 victories (Source: Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey)
    11. Oberleutnant Wolfrat Bauer Born: 14 Aug 1918 Died: 04/05 Jan 1943 - KIA Stab III/NJG-1 Staffelkapitän 7./NJG-1 Credited with 5 victories
    12. Leutnant (MA) Herwig Geber Born: 14 Mar 1914 Highest rank reached: Oberleutnant (MA) Batterie-Chef Malo Terminus - Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 244 Batterie-Chef Batterie Prinz Heinrich - Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 244 Batterie-Chef Batterie Prinz Heinrich - Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 530 Batterie-Chef Küsten-Artillerie Untergruppe 'MIchaelsturm'
    13. Leutnant zur See Gerhard Schwippert Born: 23 Nov 1919 Died: 03 Aug 1943 Highest rank reached: Oberleutnant zur See Zerstörer Z-23 1WO U-706
    14. Oberleutnant zur See Wilhelm Ritter von Georg Born: 05 Jul 1916 Zerstörer Z-23 Kdr Schnellboot S-69 Kdr Schnellboot S-45 Kdr Schnellboot S-48
    15. Oberleutnant zur See Joachim Metzner Born: 28 Jul 1920 7.Schiffsstammabteilung Linienschiff Schlesien Marineschule Mürwik Hafenabteilung Calais Marinenachr.Schule Mürwik Zerstörer Z-4 Richard Beitzen Zerstörer Z-29 FTB-Lehrgang AOB-Lehrgang Torpedoboot T-14 Ausbilder für AOC-Lehrgdnge bei der SchiffsArt.Schule Saßnitz Torpedoboot T-35
    16. Korvettenkapitän Dietrich Hoffmann Born: 17 Jun 1912 Died: 02 Jun 2003 Wachoffizier Leichten Kreuzer Emden Wachoffizier Leichten Kreuzer Leipzig Referent beim Oberkommando der Marine 1.U-Lehrdivision, Pillau Kommandanten-Lehrgang 24.U-Flottille, Memel Kdr U-594 I.Offizier Zerstörer Z-30 Kdr Zerstörer Z-30
    17. Kapitän zur See Heinz Peters Born: 08 Nov 1905 Died: 27 Sept 1992 Zerstörer Z-7 Hermann Schoemann Zerstörer Z-25 6.Zerstörer-Flottille DKiG: 06 Aug 1942
    18. Major Kurt Rudolf August Breckerbaum Born: 21 Aug 1896 Died: 03 Jan 1940 (Appendicitis) Kp.Chef 15./Infanterie-Rgt 15 Kommandantur (St.) Kassel Gen.Kdo XI.Armeekorps
    19. Leutnant Hans Hultzsch Born: 15 Jan 1891 - born in Bangalore Died: 27 May 1967 Highest rank reached: Hauptmann Wehrbezirkskommando Trier I (Wehrmeldeamt Birkenfeld) Zugwach-Abteilung zbV 505 Zugwach-Abteilung 509 Dr Eugen Hultzsch (Father of Hans Hultzsch) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Hultzsch
    20. Oberstleutnant Peter-Paul Petersen Born: 04 May 1893 Died: 20 Apr 1945 - killed during an air raid Highest rank reached: Generalmajor (possibly posthumous) Kdr Panzerabwehr-Abt 16 Kdr Panzerjäger-Abt 16 kommandiert zum Stab des Armeenachschubführers 530 kommandiert zum Stab des Kraftwagentransportregiments 605 Höherer Offizier der Kraftfahrparktruppe beim General der Kraftfahrwesens stellvertretenden Wahrnehmung der Geschäfte als Chef des Heereskraftfahrwesens (Source: AHF members Dieter Z & Askropp)
    21. Hauptmann Friedrich Stenkhoff Born: 01 Apr 1900 Died: 03 Apr 1945 - KIA NE Germany Hihest rank reached: Oberst Pz.Abw.Abt 40 Kp-Chef 1./Pz.Abw.Abt 16 Kdr Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 169 (Possibly Kdr Pz.Rgt 2) Kdr Pz.Rgt 15
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