Date of birth:

January 22nd, 1910 (Portland, Oregon)

Date of death:

May 30th, 2001

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Oberstleutnant i.G. Karl BOEHM-TETTELBACH was the nephew of General der Infanterie Alfred Boehm-Tettelbach (1878-1962)

29.09.1931: entered the Reichsheer Artillerie
01.01.1935: transferred to the Luftwaffe and sent to JFS Schleissheim
04.03.1935-30.09.1936: instructor at JFS Schleissheim
01.10.1935: promoted to Oberleutnant
01.10.1936: Lw.-Adjutant, Reich Kriegsministerium
00.00.1938: certified fluent in English
16.04.1938-30.06.1938: Oberleutnant, Staka, 1. Staffel, JG 234
30.06.1938: Staka, 7./ JG 234
01.08.1938: Staka, IV./ JG 134 then renamed III./ ZG 142
00.11.1938: LKS Gatow
01.01.1939: promoted to Hauptmann
05.01.1939-23.08.1939: Generalstabs training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow, 7. Lehrgang
01.09.1939: Hauptmann, Ia, op 1, Luftgaukdo IV
10.11.1939: Hauptmann, Ic, Stab, V. Fliegerkorps
19.12.1940: Generalstab d.Lw
24.01.1941: Ia, V. Fliegerkorps
01.03.1941: Ic, V. Fliegerkorps
14.12.1941-01.05.1942: Ic, X. Fliegerkorps
00.01.1942: Ic, Stab, X. Flak-Korps
01.04.1942: promoted to Major
01.05.1942: Befehlshaber Mitte, Stab, V. Flieger-Korps
10.08.1943: appointed Kommodore, Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"
08.10.1943: Major, Stab, ZG 26
29.11.1943: Major, Stab, ZG 26
11.01.1944: Major, Stab, ZG 26, WIA - Bf 110 G-2 force-landed after combat
with American bombers over Rollhausen, near Göttingen
01.05.1944: promoted to Oberstleutnant i.G. - RDA 01.02.1944
00.06.1944-00.10.1944: Kdr., Verbandsführerschule, General der Jagdflieger
Nachrichten, Reichsluftfahrtministerium, Führerhauptquartier „Wolfsschanze"
Luftwaffenoperationschef, OKW-Führungsstab
00.00.1950: Chef, „Pan American World Airways", Pan Am, Nürnberger Flughafen
Pilot credited with about 6 victories

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Karl Boehm
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  - http://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/9261571