SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalmajor Hans Erdmann (Luftwaffe)

 

PW NO:           A461106

RANK:            Generalmajor

CAPTURED:   Neumuenster, Germany

DATE:             15 July 1945

 

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:      18 February 1895

PLACE OF BIRTH:    Loecknitz Kr. Randow / Pommern

DATE OF DEATH:     23 April 1991

PLACE OF DEATH:  Duisburg

NATIONALITY:        German

RELIGION:                Evangelical

OCCUPATION:        Air Force Officer

HEIGHT:                    5'7"

WEIGHT:                   154lbs

HAIR COLOUR:        Fair

EYE COLOUR:          Blue

NEXT OF KIN:         British Zone

 

Promotions:

• Leutnant der Reserve: 14 May 1915
• Charakter als Oberleutnant der Reserve: 14 August 1922
• Polizei-Leutnant: 1 December 1920
• Polizei-Oberleutnant: 1 November 1923
• Polizei-Hauptmann: 11 August 1929
• Major: 1 August 1935 (RDA 1 January 1935)
• Oberstleutnant: 1 August 1937 (RDA 1 March 1937)
• Oberst: 1 June 1939
• Generalmajor: 1 April 1943

Commands & Assignments:

• 4 August 1914-14 October 1914: Entered Army reserve service in the Recruit Depot of Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1. Pommersches) Nr. 2.
• 5 October 1914-13 May 1915: Platoon Leader in Füsilier-Regiment Königin Viktoria von Schweden (1. Pommersches) Nr. 34.
• 14 May 1915-4 August 1916: Company Commander in Fusilier Regiment 34.
• 5 August 1916-2 February 1917: Flight training at the Altenberg Flying School.
• 3 February 1917-30 November 1918: Aerial Observer in Flieger-Abteilung [Flying Detachment] A 210.
• 30 November 1918: Separated from the Army.
• 1 December 1920: Joined the Polizei [Police].
• 1 December 1920-31 December 1923: Assigned to Polizei-Fliegerstaffel [Police Flying Squadron] Hamburg and served as the Air Supervisor in Lübeck-Blankensee, Travemünde and Hamburg.
• 1 January 1924-1933: Adjutant, Company Commander and then Leader of the Driving School at the Hamburg Police Motor Vehicle Park.
• 1933-31 May 1935: Adjutant and Chief Personnel Officer (IIa) of the Police Commander of Hamburg (General Dr. Münchau).
• 1 June 1935: Separated from the Police and joined the Luftwaffe.
• 1 June 1935-30 September 1936: Chief of Staff of the Commander of Luftgau [Air Zone] Reserve 4, Berlin.
• 1 October 1936-31 August 1937: Company Chief in Fliegerersatz-Abteilung [Flying Replacement Detachment] 37. [This unit provided basic training for prospective Luftwaffe pilot recruits.]
• 1 September 1937-7 October 1942: Commander of Flieger-Regiment 61.
• 8 October 1942-11 August 1943: Commander of 9th Luftwaffe Field Division. [Deployed to Russia in January 1943 as a component of Army Group North, the 9th and 10th Luftwaffe Field Divisions maintained a defensive watch on the Soviet troops isolated at Oranienbaum on the Gulf of Finland.]
• 11 August 1943-1943: Führer Reserve in the Luftwaffe High Command.
• 1943-12 February 1945: Airfield District Commandant 11/VII, Landsberg am Lech.
• 13 February 1945-8 May 1945: Commander of Luftwaffe Regional Headquarters North in Deputy General Command X, Hamburg.
• 8 May 1945-17 May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
  • 9 January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from LDC (London District Cage)
  • 24 June 1946 transferred to LDC from Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 29 July 1946 to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from LDC
  • 12 May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.

Decorations & Awards (included):

• Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Awards
• Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938
• German Army Observer’s Badge – World War I award

Click To Enlarge

Newspaper Cutting Reporting Erdmann's Repatriation	Newspaper Cutting Continued....

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