(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Wilhelm Köppen
Born: 12 Aug 1897 in Eberswalde
Died: 26 Feb 1952 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Gefreiter (22 Jun 1915); Unteroffizier (06 Aug 1915); Vizefeldwebel (22 May 1917); Leutnant der Reserve (27 Aug 1917); Polizei-Leutnant (21 Oct 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 May 1924); Polizei-Hauptmann (26 Mar 1929); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1935); Major (01 Oct 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Oberst (01 Jan 1941); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Reserves as War Volunteer, Group and Platoon Leader in the 2nd Foot-Guards-Regiment (31 Aug 1914-04 Oct 1918)
Company-Leader in the 2nd Foot-Guards-Regiment (05 Oct 1918-20 Jan 1919)
In Freikorps Lützow (21 Jan 1919-20 Oct 1919)
Transferred to Police Service as Alarm-Platoon-Leader with the I. Police-Department Düsseldorf (21 Oct 1919-00 Dec 1919)
Alarm-Platoon-Leader with Command Graf Poninski, Police-School II (00 Dec 1919-11 Mar 1920)
Alarm-Platoon-Leader with the II. Battalion of the Protection-Police Düsseldorf (12 Mar 1920-14 Jul 1922)
Advisor with the Protection-Police-Group West, Berlin (15 Jul 1922-30 Apr 1923)
Platoon and Alarm-Leader, later Adjutant with the Protection-Police Königsberg (01 May 1923-31 Mar 1925)
Platoon-Leader with the Protection-Police Rastenburg (01 Apr 1925-31 Jan 1926)
Administrator with the Command of Protection-Police Mönchengladbach-Rheydt (01 Feb 1926-31 Mar 1929)
Alarm-Leader with the Protection-Police Krefeld-Uerdingen (01 Apr 1929-31 Mar 1933)
Alarm-Leader with the Protection-Police Berlin (01 Apr 1933-30 Apr 1935)
Company-Leader in the Police-Regiment ‘General Göring’ (01 May 1933-01 Aug 1935)
Battalion-Commander in Regiment ‘General Göring’ (02 Aug 1935-14 Nov 1935)
Transferred to the Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1935)
Commander of the III. Battalion of Luftwaffe-Regiment ‘General Göring’ (15 Nov 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 13th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1938)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 44th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1938-08 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 44th Flak-Regiment (09 Oct 1939-24 Jul 1943)
Commander of Flak-Brigade 14 (25 Jul 1943-19 May 1944)
Commander of the 17th Flak-Division (20 May 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-07 Jul 1947)
Released (07 Jul 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutches Kreuz in Gold (26 Jul 1943)


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