(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichard
Born: 21 May 1894 in Kassel
Died: 06 May 1968 in Dortmund
Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve (20 Mar 1915); Polizei-Leutnant (01 May 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1923); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jun 1933); Major (01 Sep 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 May 1939); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army (Reserves) (17 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer and Platoon-Leader in the 83rd Infantry-Regiment then in the 83rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (17 Aug 1914-12 Oct 1915)
Reserve-Officers-Training (05 Feb 1915-20 Mar 1915)
Pilot-Training in Köslin and with the 8th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Graudenz (13 Oct 1915-12 May 1916)
Pilot with the 58th, 16th and A 217 Field-Flying-Battalions (13 May 1916-27 Sep 1916)
Pilot with Flying-Battalion A 257 (28 Sep 1916-27 Jan 1917)
Pilot with Fighter-Squadron 24 (28 Jan 1917-21 Apr 1917)
In French Captivity (21 Apr 1917-18 Jun 1918)
Interned in Switzerland (19 Jun 1918-17 Jun 1919)
Released & Retired (17 Jun 1919)
Volunteer in Detachment Schmedes (13 Mar 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 May 1920)
With the Order-Police Hamburg (01 May 1920-31 Aug 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Sep 1935)
Course with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Waldpolenz (01 Sep 1935-14 Oct 1935)
Course in Königsbrück (15 Oct 1915-31 Oct 1935)
With the Preparatory-Command of the Watch-Troop of the Luftwaffe, Berlin (01 Nov 1935-30 Nov 1935)
Commander of the Watch-Battalion of the Luftwaffe, Berlin (01 Dec 1935-31 Jul 1939)
Course-Director with the Officer-Aspirant-Course for Wehrmacht-Officials (01 Jun 1939-31 Jul 1939)
Commander of the 22nd Flying-Training-Regiment and Airbase-Commandant Güstrow then Warsaw (01 Aug 1939-25 Jun 1941)
Commander of the 22nd Flying-Regiment (26 Jun 1941-23 Sep 1943)
Detached to the Staff of Field-Air-Region-Command XXX (24 Sep 1943-30 Sep 1943)
Commander of Air-Region-Troops XXX (01 Oct 1943-00 Apr 1944)
Department-Chief V 22 in the Luftwaffe-Administration-Office, RLM (00 Apr 1944-28 Dec 1944)
Führer-Reserve - With effect from 28 Dec 1944 Transferred to the Rank of Oberstleutnant - criminal procedings because of alleged breaching of control of service; this judgement was issued for political rwasons (28 Dec 1944-30 Apr 1945)
Retired (30 Apr 1945)

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