Generalmajor Kurt Boettge Born: 13 Dec 1892 in Arnsberg, Westphalia (Westfalen) Died: 19 Sep 1946 in Shugborough Military Hospital, England Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (15 Jul 1912); F�hnrich (19 Nov 1912); Leutnant (19 Aug 1913); Oberleutnant (05 Oct 1916); Charakter als Hauptmann (11 Jun 1920); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1941) Career:
Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 99th Infantry-Regiment (08 Mar 1912-03 Sep 1914)
Temporary Battalion-Adjutant in the 99th Infantry-Regiment (04 Sep 1914-25 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital, then the Replacement-Battalion of the 99th Infantry-Regiment (26 Sep 1914-31 Jul 1915)
Temporary Battalion-Adjutant in the 99th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1915-24 Apr 1916)
Falls ill and in Hospital (25 Apr 1916-28 Oct 1916)
Training as a Aircraft-Observer (29 Oct 1916-01 Jan 1917)
Detached to Flight-Park East (02 Jan 1917-14 Jan 1917)
Detached to Observer-School in Thorn (15 Jan 1917-28 Apr 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 8 (29 Apr 1917-14 Dec 1917)
Observer with the 37th Flying-Battalion (15 Dec 1917-31 Jan 1919)
Observer with the 453rd Flying-Battalion (01 Feb 1919-28 Jul 1919)
With the Processing-Office of the 99th Infantry-Regiment (29 Jul 1919-21 Oct 1919)
Company-Officer with the 21st Infantry-Regiment (22 Oct 1919-11 Jan 1920)
With the Processing-Office of the 99th Infantry-Regiment (12 Jan 1920-31 Mar 1920)
Retired from Army Service (31 Mar 1920)
In the Reichs Curatorship for Youth Training, Group and Platoon Leader at the Reich and Area Sports School in D�beritz (30 Jan 1933-30 Apr 1934)
Head Master of the Area-Sports-School in Ohrdruf, Thuringia (01 May 1933-25 Jul 1933)
Representative-Chief of Training-Affairs of the SA with SA-Upper-Group Thuringia (26 Jul 1933-14 Mar 1934)
Representative-Chief of Training-Affairs of the SA with SA-Upper-Group V (15 Mar 1934-14 Mar 1934)
Regional-Leader V of the Chief of Training-Affairs of the SA (08 Aug 1934-31 May 1935)
Accepted into the Luftwaffe as Company-Chief in the Flying-Replacement-Regiment Oschatz (01 Jun 1935-1937)
Commander of the 13th Flying-Replacement-Regiment and Air-Base-Commandant of Handorf (1937-31 Mar 1939)
Commander of the 31st Flying-Training-Regiment (01 Apr 1939-1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant 1/I (1941-00 Feb 1945)
Commander of Flying-Staff-Troops of Air-Region-Command Norway (00 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In British captivity (08 May 1945-19 Sep 1946)
Died in Shugborough Military Hospital, England (30 Jan 1946)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- k.u.k. �sterr. Feldpilotenabzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen
- Goldenes Ehrenzeichen von Hitlerjugend
- Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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