SOME OF THE PRISONERS
HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP
11
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NAME:
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Baur
de Betaz (Luftwaffe)
PW
NO: 560381
RANK: Generalleutnant.
CAPTURED: Norway
DATE: 1st October 1945
PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 February 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH: Metz
DATE OF DEATH: 26 May 1964
PLACE OF DEATH: Lindelfels / Odenwald
NATIONALITY: German
RELIGION: Gottglb
OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier
HEIGHT: 5'
7"
WEIGHT: 165lbs
HAIR COLOUR: Dark Brown
EYE COLOUR:
Blue
NEXT OF KIN: Carla Baur de Betaz, Lindenfels
(American Zone)
Promotions:
- Fähnrich:
18 October 1903
- Leutnant: 24 April 1904
- Oberleutnant: 24 July 1912
- Hauptmann: 8 November 1914
- Charakter als Major: 8 April 1920
- Oberstleutnant: 1 March 1935 (RDA
1 January 1935)
- Oberst: 1 August 1937
- Generalmajor: 1 July 1941
- Generalleutnant: 1 August 1943
- 16
March 1903-1 August 1914: Battery Officer in 2. Großherzoglich-Hessisches
Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr.61.
- 1 October 1909-30 September 1911:
Detached to the Military Technical Academy.
- 1 October 1912-31 January 1914:
Detached to the War Academy.
- 1 February 1914-1 August 1914:
Aerial observer training with Flieger-Bataillon 1.
- 2 August 1914-18 June 1915: Aerial
observer with Feldflieger-Abteilung [Field Aviation Detachment]
27.
- 19 June 1915-22 December 1915:
Leader of Military Flying School Niederneuendorf bei Spandau.
- 23 December 1915-2 August 1916:
Detachment leader at the Artillery Observer School Jüterborg and Groß-Auz.
- 3 August 1916-11 September 1917:
Commander of Flieger-Abteilung A 242 (with the XV Ottoman Corps).
- 12 September 1917-9 April 1918:
Commander of Flieger-Abteilung A 275.
- 10 April 1918-23 January 1919:
Air Group Leader 23.
- 24 January 1919-4 February 1919:
Commander of Flying with the General Command of XI Army Corps.
- 5 February 1919-9 March 1919:
Leader of Military Air Mail with the National Assembly in Weimar.
- 10 March 1919-9 April 1920: Department
Leader with the Inspectorate of Flying Troops.
- 9 April 1920: Separated from the
Army.
- 17 May 1920: Changed his last
name from "Baur" to "Baur de Betaz."
- 1 August 1921-31 August 1926:
Department head with the Steffan and Heymann Firm, Berlin.
- 1 October 1926-24 March 1933:
Member of the board of the German Air Sports Association.
- 25 March 1933-31 December 1934:
Vice President of the German Air Sports Association.
- 1 January 1935: Entered the Luftwaffe
as a supplemental officer.
- 1 January 1935-31 March 1935:
Air Commander in the Reich Aviation Ministry.
- 1 April 1935-30 April 1937: Commander
of Luftgau [Air Zone] Reserve 13.
- 1 May 1937-7 September 1939: Group
Leader in the War Science Department / Reich Aviation Ministry.
- 1 August 1937: Activated.
- 8 September 1939-28 March 1940:
Chief of Staff to Higher Flying Training Commander 4.
- 29 March 1940-20 September 1940:
Commander of Battle Group "for special employment" (Norway).
- 21 September 1940-6 February 1941:
Airfield District Commandant Greifswald.
- 7 February 1941-4 May 1942: Airfield
District Commandant Döberitz.
- 5 May 1942-31 October 1942: Luftwaffe
representative to the Armed Forces High Command / Special Staff of General
Walther von Unruh.
- 1 November 1942-30 June 1943:
Chief of War Economic Staff Norway.
- 1 July 1943-30 April 1944: Field
Economic Commander Norway.
- 1 May 1944-18 September 1944:
Higher Field Economic Officer to the Armed Forces Commander Norway.
- 18 September 1944-8 May 1945:
Führer Reserve Luftwaffe High Command.
- 8 May 1945-17 May 1948: British
prisoner of war.
- 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 12th May 1948 transferred
to Camp 186 for repatriation.
- Prussian
Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
- Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd
Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
- Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House
Order, Knight's Cross with Swords
- Cross of Honour for Combatants
1914-1918
- German Army Observer's Badge-World
War I award