Hauptmann von B?ckmann

[Naxos]

Hi,

I'm looking for the commands of Hauptmann von B?ckmann (22.3.16 (2)) during 1914 to 1918

Regards, Hardy

[Guest Rick Research]

You're in luck, because General der Infanterie Herbert von B?ckmann's volume of the Biblio army general's biographies is long out there.

All the Honor Rank List 1914-1918 offers is "Staff of the Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army" and the Baden rolls show his BZ3bX-- most peculiarly-- on 23.6.15 while an Oberleutnant in Feld Flieger Abteilung 8!!!!!!

[Naxos]

BZ3bX-- most peculiarly-- on 23.6.15 while an Oberleutnant in Feld Flieger Abteilung 8!!!!!!

That is interesting!

You're the Best - thank you Rick

Hardy

[Guest Rick Research]

Someone with his Biblio volume should be able to clear up what the heck he was doing in a flying unit when he never got a flying badge according to Reichsheer Rank Lists!

I have an EK1 document to an artillery officer who was on TEMPORARY assignment to an air unit-- apparently as an emergency "substitute" observer or maybe a ground controller. Perhaps von B?ckmann just happened to be on such temporry duty when his award was processed.

[webr55]

from the Biblio volume:

 

General der Infanterie Herbert von Böckmann

Born: 24 Jul 1886 in Bremen

Died: 10 Mar 1974 in Baden-Baden

Promotions:

Charakter als Fähnrich (14 Mar 1905); Fähnrich (18 Nov 1905); Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (28 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1916); Major (01 Feb 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1933); Oberst (01 Jun 1935); Generalmajor (18 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1940); General der Infanterie (19 Apr 1942)

Career:

Entered Army Service (14 Mar 1905)

Fähnrich in the 109th Grenadier-Regiment (14 Mar 1905-11 Aug 1914)

Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1913-31 Jul 1914)

Detached to Flying School D?beritz (02 Aug 1914-11 Aug 1914)

Pilot with the 8th Field-Flying-Battalion (11 Aug 1914-21 Aug 1915)

Company-Leader in the 109th Grenadier-Regiment (21 Aug 1915-13 Oct 1915)

Assigned to the Army High Command of Njemen-Armee (13 Oct 1915-15 Oct 1915)

Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of Group Mitau, Assigned to the 34th Landwehr-Regiment (15 Oct 1915-31 Aug 1916)

Transferred into the General-Staff of the I. Reserve-Corps (31 Aug 1916-07 Dec 1916)

Transferred into the General-Staff of the 216th Infantry-Division (07 Dec 1916-19 Jan 1917)

Officer of the Army, Assigned to Army High Command 1 (19 Jan 1917-13 Mar 1917)

Transferred into the Army General Staff (13 Mar 1917-24 Mar 1917)

Transferred into the General-Staff of the 38th Infantry-Division (24 Mar 1917-29 Apr 1917)

Transferred into the General-Staff of Army High Command 6 (29 Apr 1917-27 Aug 1917)

Transferred into the 36th Reserve-Division (27 Aug 1917-21 Dec 1917)

Transferred into Army High Command 8 (21 Dec 1917-31 May 1918)

Transferred into the General-Staff of the Field Army, Political Department (31 May 1918-01 Dec 1918)

Transferred into the Staff of the Baltic Landwehr (01 Dec 1918-01 Mar 1919)

Company-Chief in the 1st Foot Guards-Regiment (Freikorps Potsdam) (01 Mar 1919-01 Jul 1919)

Company-Chief in the 5th Infantry-Regiment (Freikorps Hülsen) (01 Jul 1919-01 Oct 1920)

Company-Chief in the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 Oct 1921)

Transferred into the Staff of the Group-Command 1 (31 Oct 1921-17 Nov 1922)

Transferred into the RWM (17 Nov 1922-01 Mar 1923)

Transferred into the Staff of Infantry-Leader I (01 Mar 1923-05 Sep 1925)

Company-Chief in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (05 Sep 1925-01 Mar 1929)

Advisor in Department T1, RWM (01 Mar 1929-01 Oct 1932)

Transferred into the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Oct 1932-01 Sep 1934)

Chief of the Training-Department of RWM (01 Sep 1934-15 Oct 1935)

Commander of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-03 Nov 1938)

Chief of the General Staff of I. Army-Corps (03 Nov 1938-23 Aug 1939)

Chief of the General Staff of 3rd Army (23 Aug 1939-03 Oct 1939)

Chief of the General Staff of Border-Section-Command North (03 Oct 1939-26 Oct 1939)

Commander of the 11th Infantry-Division (26 Oct 1939-26 Jan 1942)

Führer-Reserve OKH (26 Jan 1942-10 Mar 1942)

Delegated with the Leadership of L. Army-Corps (10 Mar 1942-20 Jul 1942)

Führer-Reserve OKH (20 Jul 1942-31 Jan 1943)

 

The Chief of the Army Personnel Office proposed to the Führer the retirement of General der Infanterie von Böckmann for the reason that he cannot adopt to the changing requirements of the present times (31 Jan 1943-31 Mar 1943)

Retired (31 Mar 1943)

Awards & Decorations:

- Ritterkreuz (709) : am 04.12.1941 als Generalleutnant und Komm. 11. Infanteriedivision/ I Armeekorps/ 16. Armee/ Heeresgruppe Nord

- 1939 EK I ?S- : 04.10.1939

- 1939 EK II ?S- : 15.09.1939

- 1914 EK I

- 1914 EK II

- Ritterkreuz II Klasse des Grossherzoglich-Badischen Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen mit Schwertern

- Ritterkreuz des Grossherzoglich Mecklenburgischen Greifenordens

- K.u.K. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration

- Baltenkreuz

- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse

- Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes

- Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942"

Edited November 13, 2017 by webr55

[Guest Rick Research]

That's quite weird-- he flew for a year, yet never earned his pilot's badge?