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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
DESSLOCH, Otto. (DOB: 11.06.89 in Bamberg). (RE). 20.07.10 entered the Heer, joined Chevaulegers-Rgt. 5.
28.10.12 promo to Lt. World War I veteran (pilot). 21.08.14 badly WIA in the Chateau Salins area -
hospitalized at Viviers (to 18.10.14). 01.15 trf to FFA 8b. 13.02.16 WIA in a crash - made emergency landing
in Switzerland and interned for 3 months. 16.03.16 promo to Oblt. 01.17 Oblt., appt Kdr. Fliegerschule
Schleissheim. 01.17 appt Staka Jasta 16. 04.17 appt Staka Jasta 35. 09.17 appt Kdr. FEA 2b. 12.17 appt
Kdr. Fliegerschule 1 (to 11.18). Early 1919 appt Kdr. the Flugpark at Gersthofen. 04.19 heavily involved in
the flying elements of the Freikorps, commanding Truppen-Fliegerstaffel 21b (Freiwilligen Flieger Abteilung
Dessloch). 05.10.19 trf to Stab/Ln.Abt. 23. 1920s held a series of posts in the military, mostly air related.
01.07.21 promo to Hptm. 26.04.26 with Reiter Rgt. 17 began training secretly in Lipezk (Flugzentrum
Lipetsk) (to 28.02.27). 01.03.27 detached for special duties with 7. Div. 01.06.32 trf to Stab/Kav.Rgt. 18.
01.12.33 trf from the Heer to the Luftwaffe with a rank of Maj. and appt Kdr. FFS A/B 82 Cottbus and Kdt.
Fl.H. Cottbus. 01.02.34 Maj., appt Kdr. FFS C 5 (to 31.03.35). 01.10.34 promo to Obstlt. 01.04.35 appt Kdr.
FF-Schulen Land. 01.10.35 appt Kdr. Fliegergruppe Ansbach (later II./KG 155). 12.03.36 appt Kommodore
KG 155 Ansbach. 01.04.36 promo to Oberst. 1937 Kommodore KG 355. 01.01.39 promo to Gen.Maj.
01.02.39 appt Kdr. 6. Fliegerdivision (to 04.10.39). 03.10.39 appt Komm.Gen. II. Flakkorps. 24.06.40
Gen.Maj., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. II. Flakkorps. 19.07.40 promo to Gen.Lt. 01.01.42 promo to
Gen.d.Flakartillerie. 12.04.42 appt Komm.Gen. I. Flakkorps. 25.11.42 appt Komm.Gen.u.Befh. Lw.Kdo.
Kaukasus (to 06.02.43). 07.02.43 appt Komm.Gen.u.Befh. Lw.Kdo. Kuban (to 08.03.43). 26.03.43
concurrently appt acting Chef of Lfl. 4. 04.09.43 appt Oberbefehlshaber Luftflotte 4 (to 25.08.44). 01.03.44
promo to Generaloberst (with effect from 01.03.43?). 10.05.44 awarded Eichenlaub. 22.08.44 appt
Oberbefehlshaber Luftflotte 3 (to 22.09.44). 22.09.44 re-appt Oberbefehlshaber Luftflotte 4 (to 21.04.45).
08.04.45 appt Oberbefehlshaber Lw.Kdo. 4 (to 27.04.45). 27.04.45 appt Oberbefehlshaber Luftflotte 6 (to
08.05.45). 08.05.45 became POW. 1948 released from Allied custody. †13.05.77 in München.
DESTAL, Rudolf. 17.12.41 Lt., 11./KG 100 KIA - He 111 P-2 involuntary ground contact vic Barano

Otto Dessloch Luftflotte 3

When in the summer 1944 the Western Front collapsed, Dessloch was appointed commander of Luftflotte 3 by Hermann Göring to replace dismissed Hugo Sperrle. After Paris was liberated by the Allied forces, Dessloch commanded an air unit that, in retaliation, bombed the city destroying civilian targets and killing 200 French civilians in September 1944.[1]​ The attack was carried out on Hitler's personal order. From September he again served as commander of Luftflotte 4 until he succeeded Robert Ritter von Greim as head of Luftflotte 6 during the last days of the war. Dessloch was interned by the Allies until 1948.

He died in Munich in 1977.







 
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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
ROLLWAGE, Herbert. (DOB: 24.09.16 in Gielde near Goslar). (RE, DKG). 1936 entered the
Luftwaffe. 1941 assigned to 5./JG 53. 04.41 in 5./JG 53. 10.08.42 Ofw., awarded the Ehrenpokal.
10.42 Staka 5./JG 53. 10.11.42 WIA - Bf 109 G-2 (Black 5) over Koufonisi Island. 12.12.42 Ofw.,
awarded DKG, 5./JG 53. 02.03.43 Ofw., 5./JG 53 WIA - Bf 109 G-4 shot down by Spitfires vic Pont
du Fahs, forced-landing near Bou Arada. 10.07.43 Ofw., 5./JG 53 WIA - Bf 109 G-6 (Black 2) in
combat over San Pietro and spent several months in hospital. (n.d.) trf to JG 106 as an instructor.
12.43 returned to 5./JG 53. 07.01.44 Ofw., 5./JG 53. 06.04.44 Ofw., awarded Ritterkreuz, 3./JG 53.
01.05.44 promo to Lt. 06.08.44 Lt., named Staka 7./JG 76. 15.08.44 Oblt., appt Staka 5./JG 53 (to
12.44). 20.10.44 Lt., 5./JG 53. 05.12.44 trf to 2./JG 106 as an instructor. 24.01.45 awarded
Eichenlaub for service as Staka 5./JG 53. c.06.04.45 returned to II./JG 53, although not officially.
Credited with 664 combat missions and between 71 and 102 air victories, including 44 4-engine
bombers, making him the Luftwaffe fighter pilot with the greatest number of 4-engine bomber
victories. 1968 retired from the Bundeswehr as a Hptm. †04.01.80 in Gielde, Krs. Goslar.



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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
MIELKE, Bernhard. (n.d.) Oblt., with 3. K/88 of the Condor Legion. 05.39 Staka? 10.(nacht) /ZG 26.
06.06.39 Oblt., 3. K/88 awarded the Spanienkreuzes in Gold mit Brillanten. c.01.09.39 Oblt., appt
Staka 10.(NJ)/ZG 26. 07.02.40 Oblt., appt Staka 1.(J)/LG 2 (to c.03.40). 01.04.40 promo to Hptm.
05.40, appt Staka 3.(J)/LG 2 (to 21.08.40). 19.05.40 Hptm., 3.(J)/LG 2 . 07.06.40 Hptm., Staka 3.
(J)/LG 2 POW – Bf 109 E-4 shot down by a Morane MS-406 north of Pontoise, but repatriated.
18.06.40 Hptm., 3./LG 2. 21.08.40 Hptm., appt Kdr. I.(J)/LG 2 (to 30.08.40). 30.08.40 Hptm., I./LG
2 KIA – Bf 109 E-4 shot down 15 km S of Hastings. 01.08.44 officially listed as MIA. Credited with
4 victories





 
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German Jagdgeschwader 77 , Jagdflieger Ekke Reinbrecht nach Abschuss.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
REINBRECHT, Ekke-Eberhardt. (DOB: 18.08.12). 06.40 with I./JG 52. 27.06.41 Oblt., I./LG 2.
06.07.41 Oblt. in 2./LG 2 – injured in take-off accident at Tudora/NE Romania due to poor runway
conditions - Bf 109 E-7 (Black 2). 22.12.41 Oblt., Stab I./JG 77. 05.42 appt Hptm. beim Stab for
I./JG 77. 03.43 trf to III./JG 26. 04.06.43 Oblt. in III./JG 26, trf to Führer-Reserve Ob.d.L. 01.07.43
in I./JG 77, promo to Hptm. 06.07.41 Oblt.,2.(J)/LG 2 unhurt - Bf 109 E-7 (Black 2) damaged in a
take-off accidentat Tudora a/f. 07.43 apt Adj. of Erg.JGr. Nord. (n.d.) Adj. JG 25. 05.04.44 Hptm.,
appt Staka 1./JG 106 (to 14.10.44). 1944 attached to Stab Jafü Rumänien/Balkan. 01.05.45
Hptm.,was Adj. of Stab/JG 1. Credited with 2 victories.





 
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German Oberleutnant Goebel Tunisia 28-02-1943 Sunday

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
GOEBEL, Armin. (DKG). 02.36 Lt., appt Offz.z.bV. of 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 525. 07.37 trf to the Condor
Legion for 5 months - flew 97 missions with A/88. 05.38 trf to Fliegergruppe Würzburg (125).
26.11.40 Oblt., appt Staka 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123 (to 16.05.43). 01.02.42 Staka 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123,
promo to Hptm. 04.01.43 Hptm., awarded Ehrenpokal. 07.06.43 Hptm. in 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123, trf to
Stab/Luftflotte 3. 17.10.43 Hptm., awarded DKG, 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123. 15.02.44 appt IIa/Luftflotte
3. 01.07.44 promo to Maj. 1944 in Stab/Luftflotte 3.





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German Bombing af Scapa Flow Phillips Hans Werner Magnussen Fritz Doench KG30

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
DOENCH, G. Fritz. (DOB: 19.05.04 in Wittenberg/Elbe). (i.G.). (R). 01.10.23 entered service with the Heer
(Artillerie) and served with Artillerie-Rgt. 5. 01.12.26 promo to Lt., with Artillerie-Rgt. 3. 04.06.28 extensive
Beobachter (observer) and pilot training at Gräberstein, in Russia and at several flight schools in Germany.
01.08.29 promo to Oblt. 01.11.29 trf to the secret base at Lipezk (Flugzentrum Lipetsk) and trained as an
observer (to 30.09.30). 01.10.30 took pilot training at DVS Schleissheim for one year. 01.11.30 on the
Geheime Fliegerliste. 01.04.34 trf to the Luftwaffe and appt Adjutant to the Kdr.d.Heeresflieger. 01.10.34
Generalstab training at the Heereskriegsakademie and the Luftkriegsakademie (to 05.12.35). 1935 officially
entered the Luftwaffe as a Hptm. 09.12.35 ordered to Abt. L.A. I./RLM. 01.02.36 trf to Stab/Höh.Flieger-
Kdr. 2. 20.04.37 trf into the Generalstab d.Lw. 01.01.38 trf to Stab/Luftkreiskdo. 2. 01.07.38 appt Ia in
Stab/Höh.Kdr.d.Lehrtruppen (later renamed Lw.-Lehrdivision). 01.08.38 promo to Maj. 25.09.39 awarded
E.K. II. 01.10.39 ordered temporary duty to I./Lehrgruppe 88 (to 16.10.39). 17.10.39 Maj., trf from
Genst./Lw.Lehrdiv. and appt Kdr. I./KG 30 (to 31.07.40). 17.03.40 awarded E.K. I. 19.06.40 Maj., awarded
Ritterkreuz, Kdr. I./KG 30. 01.08.40 appt Ia in Stab/II. Fliegerkorps. 17.10.40 promo to Obstlt. (n.d.) Maj.?,
Kdr. I./KG 30 (to 31.07.40). 24.02.41 appt Chef Ausb.Abt. in Chef Ausbildungswesens/RLM. 02.08.41
Obstlt., Kdr. Stukafliegerschule 2. c.01.42 Obstlt., appt Kdr. Verbandsführerschule der Kampfflieger (to
14.06.42). 14.06.42 killed at Manfredonia (about 30 km ENE of Foggia/Italy ?) when his aircraft struck the
ground while pulling out of a dive during a dive-bombing exercise



About Major Fritz Doench

1942-06-14, Verb.Führ.Lehrg. Foggia, Ju 88A-4, 140722, Manfredonia, Bodenberührung beim Übungssturzflug. Bruch 100 %.
F Oberst Doench, Fritz, tot
Kb Ofw Handtke, Walter, tot
Bf Ofw Bechmann, Erich, tot
Bm Fw Schattmann, Max, tot








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