SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalmajor Otto Jordan (Luftwaffe)

PW NO:          560395
RANK:            Generalmajor
CAPTURED:   Narvik, Norway
DATE:             16th October 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:      25 November 1897

PLACE OF BIRTH:    Schlossgut Moos bei Wuerzburg

DATE OF DEATH:     5 September 1977

PLACE OF DEATH:  Stuttgart-Riedenberg

NATIONALITY:        German

RELIGION:                Evangelical

OCCUPATION:         Regular Air Force Officer

HEIGHT:                     6'1"

WEIGHT:                   174 lbs
HAIR COLOUR:        Dark Blonde
EYE COLOUR:          Blue

NEXT OF KIN:          Marie Jordan, (US Zone)

Promotions:

• Fähnrich: 13 January 1915
• Leutnant without Patent: 16 July 1915 (RDA later established at 1 February 1916)
• Oberleutnant: 1 April 1925
• Hauptmann: 1 April 1932
• Major: 1 August 1935
• Oberstleutnant: 1 January 1938
• Oberst: 1 September 1940
• Generalmajor: 1 March 1944

Commands & Assignments:

• 13 January 1915-27 February 1915: Entered Army service as a Fähnrich in Schleswig-Holsteiner Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 9.
• 28 February 1915-23 March 1915: Detached to the Artillery Firing School Jüterbog.
• 28 February 1915-27 December 1916: Company Officer in Foot Artillery Regiment 9.
• 28 December 1916-13 February 1917: Transferred to Army Air Park Bucharest, Romania.
• 14 February 1917-10 March 1917: Detached to the Radio Telephone Course.
• 11 March 1917-30 April 1917: Aerial observer training at the Observation School Warsaw, Poland.
• 1 May 1917-3 May 1917: Transferred to Army Air Park Bucharest.
• 4 May 1917-21 January 1918: Aerial Observer in Artillerieflieger-Abteilung [Artillery Flying Detachment] 41.
• 22 January 1918-24 March 1918: Aerial Observer in Artillerieflieger-Abteilung 256.
• 24 March 1918-4 April 1918: Wounded/in hospital.
• 5 April 1918-4 May 1918: Transferred to Army Air Park B.
• 5 May 1918-14 July 1918: Aerial Observer in Artillerieflieger-Abteilung 282.
• 15 July 1918-3 December 1918: Leader of Group Photography Center 191.
• 30 August 1918-22 September 1918: Detached to the Photography Course in Karlshorst.
• 4 December 1918-27 December 1918: Demobilization with Fliegerersatz-Abteilung [Flying Replacement Detachment] 1.
• 28 December 1918-3 February 1919: Adjutant of Military Airfield Altenburg.
• 4 February 1919-24 September 1919: Aerial Observer in Fliegerabteilung 432 of Freikorps Hülsen and also in Artilleriefliegerstaffel [Artillery Flying Squadron] 103. [Like other Freikorps units, this volunteer organization, commanded by Generalleutnant Walter von Hülsen, took part in defeating Communist uprisings and maintaining law and order throughout Germany in the aftermath of World War I.]
• 25 September 1919-9 January 1920: Aerial Observer in Artilleriefliegerstaffel 116.
• 10 January 1920-5 May 1920: Transferred to Military Airfield Paderborn.
• 6 May 1920-18 May 1920: Transferred to the 2nd Company of Motor Vehicle Column 6, Paderborn.
• 19 May 1920-30 September 1920: Transferred to Wehrkreis [Military District] Command VI.
• 1 October 1920-31 December 1920: Battery Officer in Artillery Regiment 11.
• 1 January 1921-30 September 1923: Battery Officer in Artillery Regiment 5.
• 1 October 1923-20 July 1925: Leader Assistant training with the staff of the 5th Division.
• 21 July 1925-31 October 1928: Battery Officer in Artillery Regiment 5.
• 31 October 1928: Separated from the Army.
• 1 November 1928-30 April 1930: Secret flight training at Lipezk, USSR.
• 1 May 1930: Reactivated in the Army.
• 1 May 1930-30 September 1933: Battery Officer in Artillery Regiment 5.
• 1 October 1933-31 March 1934: Battery Chief in Artillery Regiment 5.
• 1 April 1934: Transferred from the Army to the Luftwaffe.
• 1 April 1934-31 August 1936: Course at Reconnaissance School Braunschweig.
• 1 October 1934-31 August 1936: Staffelkapitän [Squadron Commander] in Reconnaissance Group 115, Göppingen.
• 1 September 1936-30 September 1937: On the staff of Luftkreis [Air District] Command I.
• 1 October 1937-31 October 1937: On the staff of the Commander of Flying Schools and Fliegerersatz-Abteilung [Flying Replacement Detachment] IV.
• 1 November 1937-31 March 1938: On the staff of Luftkreis Command IV.
• 1 April 1938-31 July 1938: On the staff of Luftwaffe Group 2.
• 1 August 1938-20 September 1939: Commander of Reconnaissance Group 23, Eschwege.
• 21 September 1939-30 September 1940: Course Leader at Reconnaissance Flying School 3.
• 1 October 1940-14 April 1942: Commander of Reconnaissance Flying School I.
• 15 April 1942-15 April 1943: Commander of Luftwaffe Field Regiment 14. [This was an independent regiment composed of Luftwaffe personnel that saw ground combat in Russia as a component of Army Group North.]
• 16 April 1943-25 May 1943: On the staff of XIII. Fliegerkorps [Air Corps].
• 26 May 1943-17 February 1944: Führer Reserve in the Luftwaffe High Command.
• 6 June 1943-15 November 1943: At the same time, detached to the Special Staff of Generalmajor Rainer Stahel that was assigned to the Commander-in-Chief South.
• 18 February 1944-6 March 1944: On the General Staff of Luftflotte [Air Fleet] 5 in Norway.
• 7 March 1944-7 April 1944: Transferred to Airfield District Command 24/III, Drontheim, Norway.
• 8 April 1944-23 September 1945: Airfield District Commandant 25/III, Narvik, Norway.
• 23 September 1945-22 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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