Generalleutnant Karl-Albrecht Mensching (Luftwaffe)

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalleutnant Karl-Albrecht Mensching (Luftwaffe)

PW NO: 560397

RANK: Generalleutnant

CAPTURED: Drontheim, Norway

DATE: 28th November 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 December 1888

PLACE OF BIRTH: Isenhagen

DATE OF DEATH: 10 July 1966

PLACE OF DEATH: Köln

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION: Evangelical

OCCUPATION: Regular Air Force Officer

HEIGHT: 5'9"

WEIGHT:                    141 lbs
HAIR COLOUR:         Grey
EYE COLOUR:           Blue

NEXT OF KIN: Margaret Mensching, Koeln Rhein (British Zone)

Promotions:

Fahnenjunker: 20 February 1908
Fähnrich: 18 October 1908
Leutnant: 19 August 1909 (Patent 17 August 1908)
Oberleutnant: 27 January 1915
Hauptmann: 25 November 1916
Polizei-Hauptmann: 20 October 1919 (RDA 17 August 1907)
Polizei-Major: 9 April 1925
Polizei-Oberstleutnant: 21 July 1934
Oberstleutnant: 1 July 1935 (RDA 1 February 1934)
Oberst: 1 April 1937
Generalmajor: 1 December 1940
Generalleutnant: 1 April 1943

Commands & Assignments:

20 February 1908-17 October 1908: Entered Army service as a Fahnenjunker in the Garde-Pionier-Bataillon.
18 October 1908-18 August 1909: Fähnrich in Pommersches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 2.
19 August 1909-30 September 1913: Platoon Leader in Badisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 14.
1 October 1911-15 July 1913: Detached to the Military Technical Academy.
1 October 1913-19 February 1914: Pilot training at the Albatroß Works in Johannisthal.
20 February 1914-1 June 1914: Pilot at the Posen Air Station.
2 June 1914-1 July 1914: Pilot at the Thorn Flying Half Detachment.
2 July 1914-1 August 1914: Pilot at the Posen Air Station.
2 August 1914-1 February 1915: Pilot in Flieger-Abteilung [Flying Detachment] 19.
2 February 1915-24 March 1915: Transferred to Army Air Park 5.
23 March 1915-4 October 1915: At the disposal of the Inspectorate of Aviation – then to Fliegerersatz-Abteilung [Flying Replacement Detachment] 1.
5 October 1915-14 December 1915: Pilot in Flieger-Abteilung 42.
15 December 1915-15 June 1916: Pilot and Technical Officer in Kampfgeschwader [Bomber Wing] 5 of the Army High Command.
16 June 1916-29 September 1917: Assigned for Special Employment to the Inspectorate of Aviation.
30 September 1917-30 January 1918: Transferred to Army Air Park 5 and then to Flieger-Abteilung 36.
31 January 1918-14 February 1919: Commander of Flieger-Abteilung 225.
15 February 1919-30 June 1919: On the staff of Pioneer Battalion 2.
30 June 1919: Separated from the Army.
2 October 1919: Joined the Polizei [Police].
2 October 1919-19 September 1920: Consultant and Operations Officer (Ia) in the Security Police Group in Gleiwitz/Hindenburg/OS.
20 September 1920-30 June 1923: Operations Officer (Ia) in the Schutzpolizei [Protection Police] Command in Breslau.
1 March 1923-30 June 1923: Detached to a course at the Higher Police School Eiche.
1 July 1923-30 September 1923: Readiness Leader in the Waldenburg Schutzpolizei.
1 October 1923-19 June 1924: Readiness Leader with the Schutzpolizei in Berlin 2/Spandau.
20 June 1924-31 March 1925: Head of Police Station 44, Berlin-Wedding.
15 September 1924-17 February 1924: At the same time, detached to a course at the Higher Police School Eiche.
1 April 1925-30 November 1929: Deputy Inspection Leader of Police Inspectorate East, Schutzpolizei Köln and Leader of the Air Surveillance Service for the Rhine Province.
1 December 1929-30 June 1935: Leader of the Air Surveillance Service for the Rhine Province and a Specialist in the Koblenz Higher Police Presidency.
1 July 1935: Transferred from the Police to the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental Officer.
1 July 1935-?: Leader of the Air Department Münster.
1 October 1937: Activated.
?-31 May 1939: Leader of the Air Department Köln.
1 February 1939-9 November 1939: Commander of Fliegerergänzungs [Flying Replacement]-Regiment 2.
10 November 1939-31 March 1941: Commander of Flieger-Ausbildungs [Flying Training]-Regiment 12.
1 April 1941-1941: Commander of Luftgau [Air Zone] Staff “for Special Employment” 20.
1941-31 October 1941: Commander of the Air Ordnance Group Holland.
1 November 1941-8 March 1944: Commander of the Air Ordnance Group Norway.
9 March 1944-6 July 1944: Inspector of Supply Units in Luftflotte [Air Fleet] 5 in Norway.
7 July 1944-8 May 1945: Airfield District Commandant 24/III, Drontheim, Norway.
28th Nov 45 -May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.

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