Generalingenieur Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Spies (Luftwaffe Civil Servant)

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalingenieur Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Spies (Luftwaffe Civil Servant)

POW Number: A967204
CAPTURED: Unknown
DATE: 2nd May 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 December 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH, Moscow
DATE OF DEATH: 2 February 1978
PLACE OF DEATH: München
NATIONALITY:        German
RELIGION:                Evangelical
OCCUPATION:      Diplom Ingenieur
HEIGHT:                    5' 10"
WEIGHT:                   140 lbs
HAIR COLOUR:        Brown
EYE COLOUR:          Grey
NEXT OF KIN:          Hildegard Spies, Braunschweig, (British Zone)

Promotions:

Gefreiter: 2 May 1915
Unteroffizier: 31 July 1915
Vizewachtmeister: 9 October 1915
Vizeflugmeister: 1 December 1916
Leutnant der Reserve der Marineartillerie: 16 November 1917
Flieger-Oberstabs-Ingenieur: 1 August 1936
Flieger-Hauptstabs-Ingenieur: 1 April 1937
General-Ingenieur: 1 April 1940

Commands & Assignments:

1 October 1914-10 February 1916: War Volunteer in Royal Saxon 1. Ulanen-Regiment “Kaiser Franz Josef von Österreich, König von Ungarn” Nr.17.
11 February 1916: Transferred from the Army to the Navy.
11 February 1916-4 August 1916: Pilot training with the II. Naval Flying Detachment, Wilhelmshaven and at Naval Air Station Norderney.
5 August 1916-1 June 1917: Pilot at Naval Air Station Borkum.
2 July 1917-13 August 1918: Pilot in Seefrontstaffel [Naval Front Squadron] I at Neumünster, Flanders. [Equipped with Albatross scout fighters, this squadron protected German seaplanes operating over the North Sea and English Channel.]
13 August 1918-9 November 1918: Wounded/in hospital.
9 November 1918-8 May 1919: Prisoner of war.
9 May 1919-5 April 1920: In Reserve Hospital 7.
6 April 1920-30 April 1920: At the disposal of the II. Naval Flying Detachment, Wilhelmshaven.
30 April 1920: Separated from the Navy.
1 May 1920-21 October 1922: Aircraft construction studies at the Technical College of Dresden and Darmstadt.
28 January 1923-1 September 1924: Factory engineer and pilot with the Svenska Aero Firm in Stockholm, Sweden.
15 September 1924-31 January 1935: Designer with the Heinkel Aircraft Works, Warnemünde.
1 February 1925: Returned to Army service.
1 February 1925-15 March 1927: Assistant consultant and pilot in the Reich War Ministry / Department T2 V(L).
16 March 1927: Transferred from the Army to the Navy.
16 March 1927-30 April 1933: Consultant for seaplane construction and production and a ferry pilot in the Navy Command / Department LS.
1 May 1933: Transferred to the Luftwaffe.
1 May 1933-31 March 1934: Consultant in the Reich Air Ministry.
1 April 1934-31 March 1937: Technical Leader of Testing Establishment Travemünde.
1 April 1937-30 April 1938: Engineer on the staff of Inspectorate L C2 / Reich Air Ministry.
1 May 1938-31 January 1939: Chief Engineer of Luftwaffe Group Command 2, Braunschweig.
1 February 1939-30 June 1944: Chief Engineer of Luftflotte [Air Fleet] 2.
1 July 1944-8 May 1945: Chief Engineer of Luftflotte 10.
8 May 1945-1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 24th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 24 Hospital
- 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.

Date	Enemy Loss	Location
4 May 1918	Seaplane	Nieuport
4 May 1918	Camel	Westende
12 August 1918	Camel	Middelkerke