SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP
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NAME: Generalmajor Wilhelm Kohlbach (Luftwaffe)
PW NO: 18895
RANK: Generalmajor
CAPTURED: Weidenbruegge, Hannover
DATE: 9 April 1945
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 May 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH: Konitz/West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH: 11 February 1947
PLACE OF DEATH Shugborough Park, Great Haywood, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
NATIONALITY: German
RELIGION:
OCCUPATION: Regular Air Force Officer
HEIGHT:
WEIGHT:
NEXT OF KIN:
- Fähnrich: 10 August 1914
- Leutnant: 2 October 1914 (Patent 18 February 1915)
- Hauptmann: 1 July 1934
- Major: 1 August 1935
- Oberstleutnant: 1 January 1938
- Oberst: 1 September 1940
- Generalmajor: 1 March 1944
- 10 August 1914-14 February 1916: Platoon Leader in Grenadier-Regiment König Wilhelm I (2. Westpreußisches) Nr. 7.
- 15 February 1916-22 February 1916: Platoon Leader in Infantry Regiment 345.
- 23 February 1916-4 June 1916: Company Leader in Infantry Regiment 345.
- 5 June 1916-27 August 1916: Aerial Observer training in Fliegererstaz-Abteilung [Flying Replacement Detachment] 1, Altenburg and at the Observer Course in Großenheim.
- 28 August 1916-4 September 1916: Transferred to Army Air Park 10.
- 5 September 1916-7 December 1916: Aerial Observer in Feldflieger-Abteilung [Field Flying Detachment] 4.
- 8 December 1916-29 December 1916: Transferred to Fliegererstaz-Abteilung 6.
- 30 December 1916-26 June 1917: Aerial Observer in Flieger-Abteilung A 255.
- 27 June 1917-7 October 1917: Pilot training in Fliegererstaz-Abteilung 2 and 4.
- 8 October 1917-10 January 1918: Course at the Aerial Observation School in Jüterbog.
- 11 January 1918-1 February 1918: Training in Jagdstaffel [Fighter Squadron] 1 at Air Park 6.
- 2 February 1918-10 August 1918: Pilot in Jagdstaffel 50.
- 11 August 1918-4 December 1918: Pilot in Jagdstaffel 10 of Jagdgeschwader [Fighter Wing] “Freiherr von Richthofen” Nr. 1.
- 5 December 1918-9 January 1919: Transferred to Fliegererstaz-Abteilung 3.
- 10 January 1919-30 April 1919: Transferred to the Replacement Battalion of Grenadier Regiment 7.
- 14 June 1919-31 January 1920: Freikorps service in the Volunteer Landesjäger Corps (General Ludwig Maerker).
- 31 January 1920: Separated from the Army.
- 16 August 1933-30 June 1934: Director of the Ruhr Area Air Transportation Company, Essen.
- 16 August 1933-December 1933: Director of the Main Exercise Area at Essen for the German Air Sports Association (DLV).
- 1 July 1934: Entered the Luftwaffe with the rank of Hauptmann.
- 1 July 1934-19 April 1935: Assigned to the Reich Air Ministry.
- 20 April 1935-30 June 1936: Deputy Staffelkapitän [Squadron Commander] in Kampfgeschwader [Bomber Wing] 1 “Hindenburg.”
- 1 July 1936-14 October 1936: Leader of the Training Company at the Jever Military Airfield.
- 15 October 1936-28 February 1937: Company Chief in the Staff Company of Kampfgeschwader 157 “Boelcke”/II. Group.
- 1 March 1937-31 January 1938: Staffelkapitän in Kampfgeschwader 157 [unit equipped with Heinkel He 111 bombers].
- 1 February 1938-19 August 1939: Course Leader II at the Kampffliegerschule [Bomber School] Tutow.
- 20 August 1939-25 July 1940: Commander of the II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 53 “Legion Condor” [unit equipped with Heinkel He 111 bombers].
- 25 July 1940-30 April 1943: Commander of Flying Training Regiment 41, later Field Training Regiment 41 and Commandant of the Frankfurt am Oder Military Airfield.
- 1 May 1943-21 September 1943: Admitted as Night Fighter Leader in the XII. Fliegerkorps [Air Corps].
- 22 September 1943-31 October 1943: Luftwaffe High Command Leader Reserve.
- 1 November 1943-25 March 1945: Commander of the Gelsenkirchen Defense District Command.
- 25 March 1945-9 April 1945: Leader Reserve – at the disposal of the Air Replacement Division Braunschweig.
- 9
April 1945-9th February 1947: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 16 April 1945 transferred to Trent Park Camp 11 sorting camp
- 10th September 1946 transferred from Island Farm Special Camp 11 to Camp 99 (Medical Hospital)
- 9th February 1947 died in Camp 99 (Cancer in Stomach)