Beetz, Gerhard (18. Flak-Division)

Date of birth:: September 28th, 1918 (Mühlhausen, Thüringen)
Date of death:: October 30th, 2005 (Bensheim)
Nationality:: German

Biography

W.B.K. Teplitz-Schönen
04.12.1936: entered service with the Luftwaffe (Flak) and assigned to II./ Flak-Rgt. 3 as a Fahnenjunker
01.09.1938-14.11.1938: promoted to Leutnant and transferred to II./ Flak-Rgt. 13
15.11.1938-28.02.1939: battery officer, le.Flak-Abt. 73
01.03.1939-30.04.1941: battery officer and adjutant, II./ Flak-Rgt. 23
01.09.1939: Erk.Offz., 10./ Flak-Rgt. 23
11.09.1939: Abt.Adj., II./ Flak-Rgt. 23
13.02.1940: Ord.Offz., II./ Flak-Rgt. 23
25.04.1940: Abt. Adj., II./ Flak-Rgt. 23
01.09.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant
01.05.1941-22.02.1942: Adjutant, Stab, Flak-Rgt. 149
23.02.1942-23.09.1942: Battr.-Chef, 7./ Flak-Rgt. 23
24.09.1942-31.03.1943: ordered to Abt. Ia/ Lw.-Kdo. Ost for temporary duty
01.04.1943-30.06.1943: in Flak-Rgt. 23, promoted to Hauptmann and transferred to the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow for Generalstabs training (3. Kriegslehrgang)
01.07.1943-02.08.1944: Hptm., Ia, 18. Flak-Div.
01.02.1944: transferred into the Generalstab d.Lw.
01.05.1944 (or 01.02.44?): promoted to Major i.G.
03.08.1944-00.02.1945: Major i.G., Ia, Flak, Luftflotte 6
01.01.45 (other sources give 20.07.44): Major i.G., awarded DKiG
18.07.1945: Major i.G. (Flak) on list
00.00.1945: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab
Generalsekretär des Evangelischen Bundes