Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
December 1st, 1942: Oberst.

Career:
January 1st, 1942: Kommandeur, Luftwaffen-Feld-Regiment 5;
June 15th, 1942: Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Luftwaffen-Feld-Regiment 1;
October 27th, 1942: Kommandeur, Luftwaffen-Feld-Regiment 3;
March 1943: Kommandeur, Luftwaffen-Jäger-Regiment 44;
July 28th, 1943: 22. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division;
August 6th, 1943: Führerreserve;
?: Kommandeur, Fallschirm-Ausbildungs-Regiment 1 (Fallschirmjäger-Lehrstab 1).

After Market Garden, the is little or no trace of Fritz Hencke. Another Oberst Fritz Henke (Hencke) regularily shows up in histories about the Fallschirmjäger, but he is also before seen as an officer of lower rank in the same units, for now concluding that is another person with the same or almost the same name.

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• - Forum für Deutsche Militärgeschichte, Oberst Friedrich Hencke