SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalmajor Kurt Andersen (Luftwaffe)

PW NO:          A451678
RANK:            Generalmajor
CAPTURED:   Tangemuende
DATE:             6th May 1945

PERSONAL

DATE OF BIRTH:       2 October 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH:     Hohenrade Kreis Königsberg
DATE OF DEATH:     9th January 2003 - Aged 104!
PLACE OF DEATH:   Bonn
NATIONALITY:         German
RELIGION:                 Evangelical
OCCUPATION:         Regular Air Force Officer
HEIGHT:                     5' 10 "
WEIGHT:                   10 Stone 2lb
HAIR COLOUR:        Dark Brown
EYE COLOUR:          Blue
NEXT OF KIN:          Ingeborg Anderson, Wittlaer near Duesseldorf (British Zone)

Promotions:

Polizei-Leutnant: 15 December 1925 (RDA 1 October 1925; later 19 July 1921)
Polizei-Oberleutnant: 11 August 1928 (RDA 1 August 1926)
Polizei-Hauptmann: 1 January 1934
Hauptmann: 1 August 1935 (RDA 1 January 1934)
Major: 1 October 1938 (without RDA)
Major: 30 January 1939 (RDA 1 January 1939)
Oberstleutnant: 1 January 1941
Oberst: 1 July 1942 (RDA 1 January 1942)
Generalmajor: 17 February 1945 (RDA 1 January 1945)
Brigadegeneral (Bundesgrenzschutz): 1952

Commands & Assignments:

19 January 1915-2 September 1916: Entered Army service as a War Volunteer in the 3rd Replacement Machinegun Company of Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich Wilhelm I (2. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 3 and the Machinegun Company of Battalion von Pröeck.
3 September 1915-30 September 1916: In the field with Machinegun Company 403.
1 October 1916-8 November 1916: Transferred to Telegraph Battalion I, Tereptow
9 November 1916-22 November 1918: In Telephone Construction Battalion I, Tereptow.
23 November 1918-8 March 1919: Transferred to Signals Replacement Battalion I, Königsberg.
9 March 1919-15 September 1919: In the 15th Volunteer Company of Battalion “Grabowski” in the “Iron Division.” [Commanded by Major Josef Bischoff, a recipient of the Prussian Pour le Mérite Order, the “Iron Division” served in the VI Reserve Corps under Generalmajor Rüdiger Graf von der Golz during the Baltic Campaign of 1919.]
16 September 1919: Separated from the Army and joined the Polizei [Police].
16 September 1919-31 July 1935: Served in the Protection Police and Land Police in Elbing-Marienburg, Dortmund and Düsseldorf.
1 August 1935: Left the Police and joined the Luftwaffe.
1 August 1935-30 September 1935: Officer for Special Employment in the Reich Air Ministry and, at the same time, detached to the Air War School Course in Potsdam-Eiche.
1 October 1935-31 March 1936: Battery Officer in the II. Battalion of Flak Regiment 23, Düsseldorf.
1 April 1937-30 June 1938: Battery Officer in a Flak Regiment.
1 July 1938-2 June 1940: Commander of the II. Battalion of the Flak Demonstration Regiment. [Andersen’s battalion saw combat during the invasions of Poland in 1939 and France in May-June 1940.]
3 June 1940-19 November 1942: Commander of Flak Artillery School II, Stolpmünde.
20 November 1942-10 June 1943: Commander of Flak Regiment 153 (Motorized) on the Eastern Front. [A component of the 10. Flak-Division, Andersen’s regiment saw heavy ground combat at Kursk and on the Don River where it destroyed 43 Russian tanks.]
11 June 1943-25 June 1943: Transferred to the Service Center of the Higher Commander of the Flak Artillery Schools.
26 June 1943-31 March 1944: Commander of Air War School 6 with effect from 1 June 1943.
1 April 1944-29 January 1945: Delegated with the post of Flak Artillery Inspector East.
30 January 1945-8 May 1945: Commander of the 23. Flak-Division on the Eastern Front. [After heavy ground combat on the Eastern Front including action at Frankfurt am Oder, Küstrin and Eberswalde, the division moved to Döberitz where it surrendered on 8 May 1945.]
8 May 1945-1946: Prisoner of war in British captivity
- 9th January 1946 transferred from Camp 1 to Island Farm Special Camp 11
- 12th May 1948 transferred from Island Farm Special Camp 11 to Camp 186 for repatriation
1 August 1951: Entered service with the Bundesgrenschutz [Federal Border Guards].
1 August 1951-?: Commander of the Bundesgrenschutz School, Lübeck.
?-30 June 1956: Commander of the Bundesgrenschutz Coast Command.
1 July 1956-31 March 1961: Inspector of the Bundesgrenschutz in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bonn.
31 March 1961: Retired from the Bundesgrenschutz with the rank of Brigadegeneral.

Decorations & Awards:

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross: 23 December 1942, Oberst, Commander of Flak Regiment 153 (Motorized).
Iron Cross, 1st Class (1939): 3 May 1940.
Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
1939 Bar to the Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class: 22 September 1939.
Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
Armed Forces Long Service Awards
Baltic Cross – for service in Battalion “Grabowski” in 1919.
Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge: 24 December 1942.
Wound Badge in Black – World War I award
Grand Merit Cross of the Merit Order of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1961.

Click here to see a photo of Generalmajor Kurt Andersen in the company of fellow prisoners of war at Island Farm

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