General der Flieger Hellmuth Felmy Born: 28 May 1885 in Berlin Died: 14 Dec 1965 in Darmstadt Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Oct 1904); Leutnant (18 Aug 1905); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1913); Hauptmann (24 Dec 1914); Major (01 Jan 1927); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1931); Oberst (01 Oct 1933); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1936); Generalleutnant (20 Apr 1937); General der Flieger (04 Feb 1938) Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 61st Infantry-Regiment (18 Oct 1904-01 Aug 1914)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 61st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1908-31 May 1912)
Flying-Training with the Instruction and Test Institute for Military Affairs, D�beritz (01 Jun1 912-30 Sep 1913)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the 16th Field-Flying-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-01 Jan 1915)
Pilot with the 5th Fortress-Flying-Battalion (02 Jan 1915-14 Jan 1915)
Leader of the 51st Field-Flying-Battalion (15 Jan 1915-13 Jul 1916)
Leader of the 300th Flying-Battalion �Pascha� (14 Jul 1916-09 Apr 1918)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion A 256 (10 Apr 1918-31 May 1918)
Detached to the Reichs Colonial Office, Protection Troops (01 Jun 1918-30 Dec 1918)
Leader of the Flying-School L�beck (31 Dec 1918-02 Sep 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Motor Transport Troops (03 Sep 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Company-Chief with the 11th Brigade-Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Chief with the 5th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1921)
Advisor with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1921-30 Sep 1924)
Advisor in the RWM, T 1 (01 Oct 1924-05 Nov 1926)
With the Staff of Infantry-Leader V (06 Nov 1926-31 Jan 1929)
Advisor in the RWM, T 2 (01 Feb 1929-31 Jan 1931)
Chief Of Staff of the Weapons School (01 Feb 1931-31 Mar 1933)
With the Staff of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1933-31 Jul 1933)
Commander of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1933-31 Oct 1933)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and Officer with Special Duties of the RLM (01 Nov 1933-30 Nov 1933)
Commander of the Flying-Weapons-School and at the same time, Chief Of Staff of the Commander of Schooling of the Luftwaffe (01 Dec 1933-31 Mar 1935)
Higher Flying Commander V (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-District VII (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2 and Commander North (01 Apr 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Chief of Air-Fleet 2 (01 Feb 1939-12 Jan 1940)
Dismissed from Service in connection with the Mechelen Affair, caused by the forced landing of a German airplane in Belgium that had strayed off course due to bad weather. The two Luftwaffe Majors on Board had secret documents on the forthcoming offensive in the west. They managed to destroy most of the papers, the remaining papers fell into the hands of the Belgian Authorities however and from these they learnt of the intentions of the German attack on Belgium and the Netherlands (12 Jan 1940)
Chief of the Wehrmacht Mission in Iraq, Special-Staff F (20 May 1941-20 Jun 1941)
Commander of South Greece (21 Jun 1941-11 Sep 1942)
Commanding General of Special-Purpose-General-Command Felmy (11 Sep 1942-27 Mar 1943)
Commanding General of the LXVIII. Army-Corps (28 Mar 1943-08 Dec 1944)
Commanding General of the XXXIV. Army-Corps (09 Dec 1944-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity and then Detained (08 May 1945-19 Feb 1948)
Tried at Nuremberg in Case Number 7 (The Balkan Generals) for Alleged War Crimes committed while he was Commander South Greece he was convicted to 15 years imprisonment, but sentence was commuted (19 Feb 1948-15 Dec 1951)
Released (15 Dec 1951)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 16.01.1945 als General der Flieger und Kommandierender General des LXVIII. Armee-Korps
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Kronen-Orden IV. Klasse
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- T�rkische Silberne Imtiaz-Medaille mit S�bel
- T�rkische Silberne Liakat-Medaille mit S�bel
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Kgl. Preuss. Flieger Erinnerungs-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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