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Ludwig, von, Kurt Bernhard Friedrich (Flak)

Date of birth:
December 13th, 1892 (Jägersthal, Eastern Prussia)
Date of death:
November 13th, 1949 (Düsseldorf)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

02.03.1911: entered the Heer as a Leutnant without patent
02.06.1911: patent granted
00.00.1914-00.00.1918: served in the Infantry
18.08.1916: promoted to Oberleutnant
01.05.1923: promoted to Hauptmann
31.03.1928: promoted to Major
01.12.1938: designated an Erg.-Offizier (Luftwaffe) with a rank of Maj.(E) and appointed Batterie-Chef in Flak-Abt. 79
15.08.1939: Batteriechef in Lw.-Rgt. "General Göring"
09.10.1939: Kdr. Ers.-Abt./Lw.-Rgt. "General Göring"
14.05.1940: Stab, Reserve-Flak-Abt. 121
00.11.1940-00.03.1941: Kdr. Res.Flak-Abt. 121
01.12.1940: promoted to Oberstleutnant (E)
20.03.1941: Kdr. II./ Flak-Rgt. 36
10.06.1941: Kdr. Flak-Rgt. 63
01.08.1941: activated
23.03.1942-09.06.1944: Kdr. Flak-Rgt. 151 (mot)
01.06.1942: promoted to Oberst
29.04.1943: Oberst, Kdr., Flak-Rgt. 151 awarded DKiG
10.06.1944: Kdr., Flak-Brigade XIV
05.11.1944: Kdr., 1. Flak-Div.
25.11.1944: Kdr., 28. Flak-Div.
30.01.1945 or 20.04.1945: promoted to Generalmajor
26.04.1945: Gen.Maj., Kdr., 28. Flak-Div. (Untermeiselstein)
05.05.1945: U.S. POW
00.07.1945: released

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Flak-Regiment 151
Awarded on:
April 29th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1:
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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