Generalmajor Otto Schroeder-Zollinger (Luftwaffe)

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalmajor Otto Schroeder-Zollinger (Luftwaffe)

PW NO: A967272
RANK: Generalmajor
CAPTURED: Flensburg
DATE: 12th May 1945

PERSONAL

D.O.B: 25 August 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brumana / Syria
DIED: 16 November 1980
PLACE OF DEATH: Schmalenbek / Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg
NATIONALITY: German
RELIGION: Evangelical
OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier
HEIGHT: 5' 8.5"
WEIGHT: Unknown
HAIR COLOUR: Grey
EYE COLOUR: Brown
NEXT OF KIN: Erika Schroeder Zollinger, Alt Buelk, Daenischen, Hagen, Holstein (British Zone)

Promotions:

Fähnrich zur See: 18 August 1918
Leutnant zur See: 1 January 1921
Oberleutnant zur See: 1 April 1925
Kapitänleutnant: 1 January 1932
Hauptmann: 1 October 1933
Major: 1 July 1935
Oberstleutnant: 1 October 1937
Oberst: 1 April 1940
Generalmajor: 1 March 1945

Commands & Assignments:

1 October 1917-31 December 1917: Cadet at the Naval School Mürwick.
1 January 1918-26 March 1918: Sea Cadet aboard the school ship Freya.
27 March 1918-23 September 1918: Sea Cadet and Fähnrich zur See aboard the battleship Oldenburg.
24 September 1918-8 January 1919: Navigation Course at the Naval School.
8 January 1919: Placed in reserve.
15 may 1919: Reactivated in naval service.
15 May 1919-10 September 1920: Fähnrich in the 3^rd Marine Brigade (von Löwenfeld).
11 September 1920-2 May 1921: Navigation Course at the Naval School.
3 May 1921-12 May 1921: Training aboard the minesweeper M 90.
13 May 1921-2 January 1922: Navigation Course at the Naval School.
3 January 1922-15 March 1922: Course at the Torpedo School.
16 March 1922-31 May 1922: Training platoon leader, Coast Defense Detachment II.
1 June 1922-14 August 1922: Artillery course at the Ship's Artillery School.
15 August 1922-13 September 1922: Barrier course at the Barrier-Escort Command.
14 September 1922-15 October 1922: Officers' Signals Course at the Signals School.
16 October 1922-30 September 1923: Leutnant zur See aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Braunschweig.
1 October 1923-22 December 1923: Torpedo Officers' Course at the Torpedo School.
23 December 1923-10 August 1924: II. FT Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Braunschweig.
11 August 1924-17 December 1924: Physical education course at the Naval School Mürwick.
18 December 1924-23 September 1925: Sports Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Braunschweig.
24 September 1925-26 September 1926: Adjutant, Coast Defense Detachment II.
27 September 1926-30 September 1927: Watch Officer, torpedo boat T 185.
1 October 1927-15 June 1928: Watch Officer, 4^th Torpedo Boat Half Flotilla.
16 June 1928-30 September 1928: First Watch Officer and Torpedo Officer, torpedo boat Seeadler.
1 October 1928-31 March 1929: At the disposal of Naval Station North Sea.
2 October 1928-24 October 1928: Special course at the Coast Artillery School.
26 November 1928-15 December 1928: Special course at the Torpedo and Signals School.
3 January 1929-27 March 1929: Special course at the Torpedo and Signals School.
1 April 1929-28 September 1930: On the staff of Naval Station North Sea.
29 September 1930-26 September 1932: Photo Officer on the staff of Naval Station Baltic Sea.
27 September 1932-30 September 1933: Torpedo Officer, light cruiser Königsberg.
1 October 1933: Transferred from the Navy to the Luftwaffe.
1 October 1933-31 March 1934: Assigned to the Sea Weapons School Command/Reich Aviation Ministry and Sea Observation School Warnemünde.
1 April 1934-11 March 1936: Commander of Weapons School Bug/Rügen and, at the same time, Military Airfield Commandant Bug/Rügen.
1 May 1936-30 September 1937: Second Personnel Officer (IIb) on the staff of Luftkreis [Air District] VI (Sea).
1 October 1937-31 March 1939: Group Leader II W/Luftkreis VI and, at the same time, assigned to the Luftwaffe Sea Command, Kiel.
1 April 1939-8 September 1940: Group Leader on the staff of the Luftwaffe General with the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
9 September 1940-26 February 1941: Commander of Aviation Weapons School (Sea), Parow.
27 February 1941-7 September 1943: Commander of large Kampffliegerschule [Combat Flying School] 5, Parow.
9 September 1940-7 September 1943: At the same time, Military Airfield Commandant Parow.
1 November 1943-31 July 1944: Group Leader on the staff of the Air Mine Inspector / Luftwaffe High Command.
1 August 1944-14 September 1944: On the staff of Luftgau [Air Zone] Command Belgium-Northern France.
15 September 1944-3 October 1944: On the staff of Luftgau Command XIV, Wiesbaden.
4 October 1944-1 December 1944: On the Special Staff Olbrich-Hungary / Luftwaffe High Command
2 December 1944-12 May 1945: On the staff of Special Tasks and Troop Proposals / Luftwaffe High Command.
13 May 1945-16 July 1945: Commandant of the Luftwaffe Collection Camp Gettorf.
12 May 1945-17 May 1948: British prisoner of war.
- 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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