Elster, Wolfgang (Generalmajor)
- Date of birth:
- April 5th, 1897 (Leipzig/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 15th, 1944 (Kriegslazerett 2/606 m. Odessa/Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Kirovohrad
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
January 5th 1917: Leutnant;
April 1st 1925: Oberleutnant;
May 1st 1933: Hauptmann;
January 1st 1937: Major;
February 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant;
March 1st, 1943: Oberst;
June 3rd, 1944: Generalmajor (posthumously).
Career:
1916: Armee;
October 1st, 1937 - October 16th, 1939: Kommandeur II. / Artillerie-Regiment 71;
October 17th, 1939 - April 9th, 1941: Gruppendirektor im OKH/In 4;
April 10th, 1941 - April 27th, 1941: Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment 94;
April 28th, 1941 - March 31st, 1943: Kommandeur Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 27;
September 29th, 1943 - February 15th, 1944: Arko 121
February 1944: severely WIA near Nikopol Bridgehead
February 15th, 1944: DOW in the Kriegs-Lazarett 2/606 (mot.) near Odessa
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr, Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 27, 17. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Artillerie-Kommandeur 128, XXXX. Panzerkorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 27th, 1944
posthumously awarded
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Scheibert, Horst. Die Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und der Waffen-SS/ Die Träger der Ehrentaffelspange der Kriegsmarine/ Die Inhaber des Ehrenpokals für Besondere Leistung im Lukftkrieg. Friedberg, Ger.: Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7909-0283-7
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
- Generale des Heeres 1939-1945
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- geocities.ws
- axishistory.com
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht -