Generalleutnant Wilhelm Baur de Betaz Born: 17 Feb 1883 in Metz Died: 26 May 1964 in Lindenfels, Odenwald Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Oct 1903); Leutnant (24 Apr 1904); Oberleutnant (24 Jul 1912); Hauptmann (08 Nov 1914); Charakter als Major (08 Apr 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1935); Oberst (01 Aug 1937); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1943) Career:
Accepted into the Army as a Battery-Officer in the 61st Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Mar 1903-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1911)
Detached to the War-Academy (01 Oct 1912-31 Jan 1914)
Aircraft-Observer-Training in the 1st Flying-Battalion (01 Feb 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Aircraft-Observer with the 27th Field-Flying-Battalion (08 Aug 1914-18 Jun 1915)
Leader of the Military Flying School in Niederneuendorf by Spandau (19 Jun 1915-22 Dec 1915)
Battalion-Leader at the Artillery-Observer-School in J�terbog and Gro�-Auz (23 Dec 1915-02 Aug 1916)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion A 242 (03 Aug 1916-11 Sep 1917)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion A 275 (12 Sep 1917-09 Apr 1918)
Flying-Group-Leader 23 (10 Apr 1918-23 Jan 1919)
Commander of Flying in the General-Command of the XI. Army-Corps (24 Jan 1919-04 Feb 1919)
Director of the Military Air-Post with the National-Government in Weimar (05 Feb 1919-09 Mar 1919)
Department-Director with the Inspection of Flying Troops (10 Mar 1919-09 Apr 1920)
Retired from Army Service (09 Apr 1920)
Department-Director with the Firm Steffan & Heymann, Berlin (01 Aug 1921-31 Aug 1926)
Member of the Executive of the German Air-Sport-Organisation (DLV) (01 Oct 1926-24 Mar 1933)
Vice-President of the German Air-Sport-Organisation (DLV) (25 Mar 1933-31 Dec 1934)
Accepted into the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Aug 1937) as Flying-Commodore in the RLM (01 Jan 1935-31 Mar 1935)
Commander of Air-Region-Reserve 13 (01 Apr 1935-30 Apr 1937)
Group-Director in the War-Scientific-Department, RLM (01 May 1937-07 Sep 1939)
Chief of Staff of the Higher Flying-Training-Commander 4 (08 Sep 1939-28 Mar 1940)
Commander of the Special-Purpose-Combat-Group (Norway) (29 Mar 1940-20 Sep 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant Greifswald (21 Sep 1940-06 Feb 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant D�beritz (07 Feb 1941-04 May 1942)
Representative of the Luftwaffe in OKW, Special-Staff of General von Unruh (05 May 1942-31 Oct 1942)
Chief of the Defence Economy Staff Norway (01 Nov 1942-30 Jun 1943)
Field-Economics-Commander Norway (01 Jul 1943-30 Apr 1944)
Higher Field-Economics-Officer with the Wehrmacht-Commander Norway (01 May 1944-18 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (18 Sep 1944-08 May1 945)
In captivity (08 May 1945-17 May 1948)
Released (17 May 1948)
Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
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