Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KELLER, Alfred. (DOB: 19.09.82 in Bochum). (PleM, RkHS, R). 05.04.02 entered military service.
1903 promo to Lt. 18.08.11 promo to Oblt. 1912-13 underwent flight observer training. 1913-14
trained as a pilot at the AEG flying school at Niederneuendorf. [Version #2: 1913 undertook pilot
training with Fliegerstation Darmstadt.] WWI served with the Fliegertruppe, rising to Hptm.
02.08.14 appt Führer of Flieger-Abt. 27. 08.11.14 promo to Hptm. 1915 appt Führer of
Armeeflugparks 5. 1916 appt Führer of Armeeflugparks 1. 1916 appt Führer of Flieger-Abt. 40.
01.04.17 appt Kdr. of Bogohl 1. Summer 1917 awarded Ritterkreuz des königlichen Hausordens von
Höhenzollern mit Schwertern. 04.12.17 awarded Pour le Mérite. 01.12.18 went on furlough (to
16.01.20). 01.12.18 worked as Leiter des Land-Flug-Betriebes der Deutschen Luft-Flug-Gesellschaft
in Berlin (to 30.04.23). [Version #2: 01.12.18 appt Leiter of Landflugdienstes of the Junkers-
Luftreederi, later the Geschaftsführer of Danziger Luftpost.] 16.01.20 promo to acting Maj. then left
the army. 1921 appt Leiter der Deutsche Luftreederi. 01.05.23 employee of the Junkers Air Shipping
Company (Deutschen Luft-Flug-Gesellschaft). 1924 Leiter of Junkers Tempelhof. (n.d.) worked for
Luftpost Danzig (to 04.25). 01.05.25 leader of the Verkehrsfliegerschule Staaken (later
Braunschweig) (to 31.12.33). 1927 Leiter of DVS Staaken. 1929 Maj.a.D., Leiter DVS Zweigstelle
Braunschweig. 01.01.34 rejoined the army, as an Oberst, assigned to Pionier-Bataillon 2. 01.02.34
trf to the Luftwaffe from the Heer with a rank of Oberst, assigned to the RLM, and appt Kdr.
Aufkl.Fl.Schule Braunschweig. 01.04.34 Obstlt., appt Kdr. I./KG 154. Summer? 1934 Oberst Kdr.
Fliegergruppe Fassberg. 01.05.34 appt Kommodore KG 154 (to 14.03.35 or 14.03.36) and
concurrently Kdt. Fl.H. Fassberg. 01.04.35 appt Höherer Flieger-Kdr. im Luftkreis IV. 01.04.36
promo to Gen.Maj. 01.10.37 appt Offizier z.b.V. des RLM und Ob.d.L. (pending assignment).
01.11.37 appt acting Kommandierenden Gen. im Luftkreis I. 01.01.38 appt Kommandierender Gen.
und Bef. im Luftkreis II. 01.02.38 promo to Gen.Lt. 01.08.38 appt Kommandierender Gen. und Bef.
im Lw.Kdo. Ostpreussen. 01.02.39 appt Kdr. 4. Fliegerdivision. 01.04.39 promo to Gen.d.Fl.
03.10.39 appt Kommandierenden Gen. des IV. Fl.Korps. 24.06.40 awarded Ritterkreuz. 19.07.40
promo to Gen.Oberst. 20.08.40 appt Chef der Luftflotte 1 und Befehlshaber Ost. 26.06.43 assigned
to Führerreserve OKL. 26.06.43 appt Korpsführer of the NSFK (to 02.05.45). 02.05.45 captured at
Lübeck, became POW of the British. 09.01.46 trf to Island Farm Special Camp 11. 10.10.47
repatriated to Hamburg and released. 1955 helped form the Ordensgemeinschaft der
Ritterkreuzträger, becoming its chairman for many years. †11.02.74 in Berlin.
Island Farm, also called Camp 198, was a prisoner of war camp on the outskirts of the town of Bridgend, South Wales. It hosted a number of Axis prisoners, mainly German, and was the scene of the largest escape attempt by German POWs in Britain during World War II. Near the end of the war it was renamed Special Camp XI and used to detain many senior SS military leaders who were awaiting extradition to the Nuremberg trials
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