Wolff, Dr., Gottlieb (Kampf-Geschwader 4 'GW')
- Date of birth:
- May 5th, 1897 (Verden/Aller, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 29th, 1971 (Delmenhorst, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of 112 sorties.
00.00.1915: Freiwilliger, Infanterie-Regiment
00.00.1916: Beobachter, Fliegertruppe, promoted to Leutnant der Reserve
23.01.1917: shot down - French POW
14.02.1920: released
01.05.1920: retired with Charakter als Oberleutnant der Reserve
01.11.1933: L-Offizier, Referent, Reichs-Luftfahrt-Ministerium, RLM
01.06.1935: promoted to Hauptmann, Fliegertruppe Finsterwalde
01.10.1935: II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 153
00.02.1936: Staka, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 253
03.06.1936: Kampfgeschwader renamed 'General Wever'
15.03.1937: IV. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 153
01.08.1937: promoted to Major
13.04.1940: IIa, Luftflotte 1
24.06.1940: Kdr, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 77, VIII. Flieger-Korps, Luftflottenkommando 2
03.07.1940: Kdr, II. Gruppe, Kdr, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4 'General Wever'
00.09.1940: Kdr, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4 'General Wever', 9. Flieger-Division then IX. Flieger-Korps
00.04.1942: promoted to Oberstleutnant - RDA 01.04.1942
00.06.1942: Kommodore, Kampfgeschwader 4 'General Wever'
10.01.1943: 112th mission, succeeded by Oberstleutnant Heinz-Joachim Schmidt and sent to the Führer-Reserve Ob.d.L.
01.06.1943: Chef, Abteilung LP4 (Flak), Luftwaffenpersonalamt
26.03.1945: Chef, Abteilung, Auszeichnungs- und Disziplinarangelegenheiten, Luftwaffenpersonalamt
03.05.1945: US POW
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1916
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Wing Commander)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Kampf-Geschwader 4 'General Wever'
- Awarded on:
- February 11th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Group Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommodore, Kampf-Geschwader 4 'General Wever'
- Awarded on:
- January 5th, 1943
“Oberst Dr. Gottlieb Wolff… has demonstrated a brave readiness for duty over the course of flying 111 sorties over Poland, England, the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the Soviet Union.”
Sources
- Photo 1:
- Photo 2:
- - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Der Führer: Das Hauptorgan der NSDAP Gau Baden
- https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=38
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