Meyer zum Felde, Karl-Horst (Kampfgeschwader 55)
- Date of birth:
- May 25th, 1919 (Kleinwörden, Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 24th, 2008 (Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
01.12.1940: Unteroffizier
01.07.1941: Fähnrich
01.10.1941: Oberfähnrich
01.02.1942; Leutnant
01.10.1943: Oberleutnant (RDA August 1st, 1942)
13.03.1956: Hauptmann
14.10.1958: Major
23.07.1962: Oberstleutnant
04.10.1965: Oberst
Career:
01.04.1938-30.09.1938: RAD
01.10.1938: entered the Wehrmacht
00.04.1939-00.01.1940: Flugzeugführer-Schule A+B - Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 2 - Neustadt-Glewe
01.05.1940: Flugzeugführer-Schule C - Neubrandenburg
06.08.1940: Grosse Kampffliegerschule (KpfFl-S) - Warschau
30.09.1940: Blindflug-Schule - Wien Aspern
00.10.1940-00.03.1941: Flugzeugführer - Erg.-KpfGr. 3 - Krakau
00.04.1941-00.10.1941: K.O.A. Lehrgang - IV./ KG 55 then LKS 4 - Fürstenfeldbruck
01.10.1941-00.04.1945: appointed to the III./ Kampf-Geschwader 55 as Flugzeugführer, then TO then Stab Offizier then Staka 7./ KG 55
07.05.1942: Leutnant, 8. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
13.09.1942: Leutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.10.1943: III./ KG 55, promoted to Oberleutnant
01.08.1944: adjusted RDA for rank of Oberleutnant moved forward to 01.08.42
16.11.1944-26.04.1945: Oberleutnant, appointed Staka - Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
00.11.1944-00.12.1944: training as fighter pilot - JG 1 - Rosenborn
00.02.1946-00.11.1946: British POW - Westertimke then Sandborstel - Niedersachsen
1946-1956: farmer
21.02.1956: entered the Bundeswehr as Hauptmann in the FFS A - Landsberg
00.10.1957-00.01.1962: LAR then FAR - Uetersen
00.01.1962-00.07.1963: Kdr - Ausb.Gr. A - FFS S - Diepholz
01.08.1963-31.03.1964: S3 - Stab / FFS S - Wunstorf
01.04.1964-31.08.1964: Kdr, I./ FFS S - Wunstorf
01.09.1964-01.04.1970: Kommandeur, Flugzeugführerschule 'S' - Wunstorf
02.04.1970-01.03.1974: Kdr, FAR - Uetersen
01.04.1974-01.09.1978: Kdr, VBK 23 - Hildesheim
30.09.1978: retired
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, Kampfgeschwader 55 'Greif'
- Awarded on:
- April 19th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 8. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 13th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section L-R, Version: 01.04.2019., By: Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
- Flugzeugführerschule S
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