Jump to content
News Ticker
  • I am now accepting the following payment methods: Card Payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal
  • Latest News

    Recommended Posts

    I got a small (but nice) group of photos of the senior Rudolf Roesch, father of Oberleutnant Rudolf Roesch, KC-holder and Staffelkapit?n of 9. / KG 51. K.I.A. over Nijmegen in 1944.

    First the photo of the son:

    rk2555.jpg

    Now the father:

    In the rank of a Major:

    rk2553.jpg

    And a General of the Luftwaffe:

    rk2550.jpg

    ...........

    Edited by Robert Noss
    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    Another, earlier photo shows him with a child, which I presume is his son, the KC-holder

    rk2554.jpg

    Together with the photos I got this Flight-report booklet dated 1926

    rk2556.jpg

    It includes a lot of flights on various airplanes:

    rk2557.jpg

    End of photos.

    As always, I would love to have some more informations about Rudolf Roesch senior.

    His career in the 1st WW and between the wars.

    A bit more info about his career in the 3rd Reich and 2nd WW.

    Many thanks in advance

    Robert

    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    Guest Rick Research

    TERRIFIC photos, Robert! Senior's photo in the Biblio biographies is much to dark.

    The photo as a Major (E) was when he was attached to Luftwaffe staff in M?nchen 1934-36.

    He made Generalmajor 1 December 1941, and was R?stungs Inspektor VII in M?nchen 1940-45.

    Is der F?hrer glaring with disapproval at that cigar? :cheeky:

    In the first war, he went directly (2 August 1914 !!!!) from Bavarian Inf Rgt 10 to serving as a pilot with Bavarian Flieger Abteilung 2 until 5 February 1916. Then he transferred for a month to Bavarian FFA 5 and Fokker Ausbildungs Kommando IV.

    He commanded Eindecker-Kampfstaffel of the 3rd Army 12.3. to 28.5.16.

    But that seems to have been the end to his frontline flying career--

    he spent a couple of months in an aviation replacement unit, and then was commander of Fliegerschule 3 from 1.8.16 to 3.12.17.

    Atthat point he was assigned to the staff of the commanding general of aviation for the rest of the war.

    He retired as a Hauotmann 30 September 1920 (most officers were discharged in March/April... hmmmm?) and was "angestellt" in the army as "Sachbearbeiter f?r Flieger-Angelegenheiten" at Wehrkreis VII 1 July 1925 to 31 March 1934.

    Of course :unsure: there were not supposed to BE any "Flieger Angelegenheiten" :unsure: from 1925-34, so his flying that you have logbooks for are

    Black Reichswehr. :rolleyes::catjava:

    He certainly had enough time for a Flyer's Commemorative Badge, yet chose to wear his Pilot's Badge.

    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    Guest Rick Research

    general Roesch was born in Konradshofen 11 May 1890 and died in M?chen 5 September 1952.

    Bavarian army 19.7.09-30.9.20

    naughty illegal "civilian employee" :rolleyes: 1.7.25-30.9.33

    Army (E) when it was called (L) 1.10.33-31.03.34

    Luftwaffe (E) 1.4.34 and changed to "active" status 1.8.40 until retired 30.4.45

    In a POW camp until released in 1947.

    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    Create an account or sign in to comment

    You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

    Create an account

    Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

    Register a new account

    Sign in

    Already have an account? Sign in here.

    Sign In Now
    ×
    ×
    • Create New...

    Important Information

    We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.