Sorge, Helmut (Sturzkampfgeschwader 1)

Date of birth:: May 27th, 1905 (Queuleu, near Metz, Lorraine)
Date of death:: April 1945 (Elbe)
Nationality:: German

Biography

01.04.1925: entered service with the Heer (Infanterie)
00.00.1930: certified fluent in English
01.04.1933: promoted to Oberleutnant
01.04.1936: promoted to Hauptmann
06.10.1936-31.07.1938: Generalstab training at the Heereskriegsakademie Berlin
01.08.1938: transferred to the Luftwaffe
02.09.1938-20.09.1938: attended Reichs Sport-Fliegerschule Rangsdorf for
pilot training
01.04.1939: transferred to Abt. L. Ref./ OKW
01.10.1939: accepted into the Generalstab d. Lw.
01.03.1940-08.06.1940: Generalstab training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow, 2. Kurz-Lehrgang
09.06.1940-22.10.1940: Staka, 2.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 31
17.06.1940: Oblt., in 2.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 31, WIA – in Fi 156 that crashed near Mortagne due to engine failure
01.07.1940: Staka, 4.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 31
01.08.1940: promoted to Major
13.08.1940: Major, Staka, 4.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 31
23.10.1940-06.02.1941: transferred to Ob.d.L. / RLM pool and ordered temporary
duty to Stuka-Schule 1
07.02.1941-12.03.1941: temporary duty with Erg.St.Gr. Würzburg for flight training
13.02.1941-25.05.1941: transferred to St.G. 2 to train as a Verbandsführer
26.05.1941-13.01.1942: Kdr., I./ St.G. 1
15.12.1941: Major, awarded the DKiG, I./ St.G. 1
20.02.1942: Ia, Stab, VIII. Fliegerkorps
26.05.1942-31.10.1942: transferred to Ob.d.L. / RLM pool (various offz.)
01.07.1942-30.09.1942: ordered temporary duty to Stab, Fliegerführer Süd as Ia
01.10.1942: promoted to Oberstleutnant
01.11.1942-31.11.1942: transferred to Gruppe Luftwaffe, Waffen-Stillstandskommission Wiesbaden
01.12.1942-31.12.1942: transferred to Ob.d.L. / RLM pool and ordered temporary duty to Stab, Luftflotte 3
01.01.1943: Abt.-Leiter I, Stab, Luftflotte 3.
15.08.1943: course leader, Lehrstab, Luftkriegsakademie
01.04.1944 or 01.08.1944: promoted to Oberst
20.04.1944-00.12.1944: Chef d. Genstab, II. Fliegerkorps
24.03.1945: Chef d. Genstab, VIII. Fliegerkorps
00.04.1945: Oberst, Ia, VIII. Fliegerkorps
07.04.1945: supposedly involved in a ramming attack, 4./ JG 102, Rammtrager unit
00.04.1945: Oberst, reported MIA - some reports indicate he was shot down by US ace Leutnant Richard Gomez Candelaria (o17.07.1922) 479th Fighter Group