(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans Boehmer
Born: 21 Oct 1886 in Mainz
Died: 30 Oct 1978
Promotions:
Fähnrich (01 Oct 1905); Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (29 Dec 1914); Rittmeister (14 Jul 1916); Turkish Major (05 Oct 1918); Major (01 Aug 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Oberst (01 Aug 1941); Generalmajor (30 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service as Fahnenjunker and Squadron-Officer in the 7th Dragoon-Regiment (25 Mar 1905-20 May 1913)
Participated in the Establishment of the Principality of Albania, Officer in the Royal Albanian Army and participated in the battles of Durazzo (00 Oct 1913-31 Jul 1914)
Returned home to Germany (31 Jul 1914)
Patrol-Officer in the 7th Dragoon-Regiment (03 Aug 1914-28 Sep 1914)
Squadron-Leader in the Cavalry-Regiment Von Flotow (28 Sep 1914-05 Oct 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (05 Oct 1914-19 Jul 1915)
Flying-Observer-Training with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion 3, Graudenz and at the Observer-School in Cologne (20 Jul 1915-14 Sep 1915)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 13 (15 Sep 1915-19 Oct 1915)
Observer with the 30th Field-Flying-Battalion (20 Oct 1915-10 Mar 1916)
Hospital stay in Berlin (10 Mar 1916-03 Aug 1916)
Observer and Temporary Leader of the 30th Field-Flying-Battalion (04 Mar 1916-03 Aug 1916)
Rasdio-Officer in the Staff of the Commander of Flying 12 (15 Nov 1916-19 Jul 1917)
Leader of the 43rd Flying-Battalion (20 Jul 1917-21 Sep 1917)
Chief Of Operations in the Staff of the Commander Of Flying 14 (Italy) (22 Sep 1917-17 Dec 1917)
Leader of the 224th Flying-Battalion (18 Dec 1917-21 Sep 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 2 (22 Sep 1918-04 Oct 1918)
Turkish Commander Of Flying in Mossul (05 Oct 1918-08 Nov 1918)
Demobilisation at the 3rd Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Gotha, and temporary Hospital Stay in Bad Wildungen (09 Nov 1918-22 Feb 1919)
Squadron-Leader in Freikorps Dohna (23 Feb 1919-23 Sep 1919)
Squadron-Chief in the 7th Dragoon-Regiment (24 Sep 1919-26 Jan 1920)
Retired from Army Service (26 Jan 1920)
Entered into Luftwaffe Service as Supplementary-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1942) and Leader of the Flight-Training-Office in Paderborn (08 Apr 1935-04 Oct 1935)
In Air-District-Command IV (05 Oct 1935-31 Dec 1935)
Commander of Air-Region-Reserve 10 (01 Jan 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of Air-Region-Reserve 11 (01 Oct 1936-30 Apr 1937)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 May 1937-31 May 1937)
In the Staff of Air-District-Command IV (01 Jun 1937-30 Sep 1937)
Quartermaster 2 in the Staff of Air-District-Command 2 (01 Oct 1937-03 Feb 1938)
Quartermaster 2 in the Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2 (04 Feb 1938-28 Feb 1938)
Quartermaster 1 in the General-Staff of Air Fleet 2 (01 Mar 1939-26 Oct 1939)
Chief Of Operations of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 14, Eifel (26 Oct 1939-21 Nov 1940)
In the Staff of Air-Region-Command Belgium-North France, Brussels, Assigned to Airport-Area St. Omer (22 Nov 1940-26 Feb 1941)
Chief Of Operations in the Staff of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 300, later the Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 2 (27 Feb 1941-30 Mar 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant Fürth (31 Mar 1942-26 Jul 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 5/IV, Athens (27 Jul 1944-17 Jan 1945)
Detached to Air-Fleet-Command 4 (17 Jan 1945-03 Mar 1945)
Special Duties with Flying-Replacement-Battalion XIII, Fürth, later in hospital (04 Mar 1945-08 May 1945)
In captivity (08 May 1945-13 Sep 1945)
Released (13 Sep 1945)

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