(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Kurt Boettge
Born: 13 Dec 1892 in Arnsberg, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Died: 19 Sep 1946 in Shugborough Military Hospital, England
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (15 Jul 1912); Fähnrich (19 Nov 1912); Leutnant (19 Aug 1913); Oberleutnant (05 Oct 1916); Charakter als Hauptmann (11 Jun 1920); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1941)
Career:
Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 99th Infantry-Regiment (08 Mar 1912-03 Sep 1914)
Temporary Battalion-Adjutant in the 99th Infantry-Regiment (04 Sep 1914-25 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital, then the Replacement-Battalion of the 99th Infantry-Regiment (26 Sep 1914-31 Jul 1915)
Temporary Battalion-Adjutant in the 99th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1915-24 Apr 1916)
Falls ill and in Hospital (25 Apr 1916-28 Oct 1916)
Training as a Aircraft-Observer (29 Oct 1916-01 Jan 1917)
Detached to Flight-Park East (02 Jan 1917-14 Jan 1917)
Detached to Observer-School in Thorn (15 Jan 1917-28 Apr 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 8 (29 Apr 1917-14 Dec 1917)
Observer with the 37th Flying-Battalion (15 Dec 1917-31 Jan 1919)
Observer with the 453rd Flying-Battalion (01 Feb 1919-28 Jul 1919)
With the Processing-Office of the 99th Infantry-Regiment (29 Jul 1919-21 Oct 1919)
Company-Officer with the 21st Infantry-Regiment (22 Oct 1919-11 Jan 1920)
With the Processing-Office of the 99th Infantry-Regiment (12 Jan 1920-31 Mar 1920)
Retired from Army Service (31 Mar 1920)
In the Reichs Curatorship for Youth Training, Group and Platoon Leader at the Reich and Area Sports School in Döberitz (30 Jan 1933-30 Apr 1934)
Head Master of the Area-Sports-School in Ohrdruf, Thuringia (01 May 1933-25 Jul 1933)
Representative-Chief of Training-Affairs of the SA with SA-Upper-Group Thuringia (26 Jul 1933-14 Mar 1934)
Representative-Chief of Training-Affairs of the SA with SA-Upper-Group V (15 Mar 1934-14 Mar 1934)
Regional-Leader V of the Chief of Training-Affairs of the SA (08 Aug 1934-31 May 1935)
Accepted into the Luftwaffe as Company-Chief in the Flying-Replacement-Regiment Oschatz (01 Jun 1935-1937)
Commander of the 13th Flying-Replacement-Regiment and Air-Base-Commandant of Handorf (1937-31 Mar 1939)
Commander of the 31st Flying-Training-Regiment (01 Apr 1939-1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant 1/I (1941-00 Feb 1945)
Commander of Flying-Staff-Troops of Air-Region-Command Norway (00 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In British captivity (08 May 1945-19 Sep 1946)
Died in Shugborough Military Hospital, England (30 Jan 1946)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- k.u.k. Österr. Feldpilotenabzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen
- Goldenes Ehrenzeichen von Hitlerjugend
- Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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