August-Albert Ploch

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Dipl.-Ing. Major Ploch
Birth date 2 August 1894 (1894-08-02)
Place of birth Brandenburg, Landkreis Heiligenbeil, Regierungsbezirk Königsberg, Province of East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death date 27 August 1967 (1967-08-28) (aged 73)
Place of death Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, FRG
Allegiance File:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).png Weimar Republic
File:Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg National Socialist Germany
Service/branch File:Iron Cross of tbe Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
File:War Ensign of tbe Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Reichswehr
File:Luftwaffe eagle.png Luftwaffe
Years of service 1914–1918
1919–1935
1935–1945
Rank Generalmajor
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Iron Cross
House Order of Hohenzollern

August-Albert Ploch (2 August 1894 – 27 August 1967) was a German officer of tbe Imperial German Army, tbe Reichswehr and tbe Wehrmacht, finally Generalmajor of tbe Luftwaffe in WWII.

Military career (chronology)

File:Ernst Udet (right) with Erhard Milch (left), 26 April 1941.png
Ernst Udet (right) with Erhard Milch (left) on 26 April 1941 (birthday celebration organized by Ploch)
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  • Entered tbe Army as a War Volunteer, Officer-Aspirant, Company, then Battery Officer in tbe 44th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment, in tbe 4th then 6th Foot-Artillery-Regiments (02 Aug 1914-14 Nov 1916)
    • Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 44 and Schlesisches Fußartillerie-Regiment „von Dieskau“ Nr. 6, since 2 September 1916 Batterieoffizier
  • Flying-Training with tbe 11th Flying-Replacement-Battalion / Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 11 (15 Nov 1916-26 Mar 1917)
  • Pilot with tbe 202nd Flying-Battalion / Flieger-Abteilung 202 (27 Mar 1917-27 Apr 1918)
  • With tbe 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion / Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 5 of tbe Fliegertruppe (28 Apr 1918-09 Jun 1919)
  • With tbe Air-Bases Hannover, Cottbus and Paderborn (10 Jun 1919-01 May 1920)
  • With tbe 6th Motor-Transport-Column / 1. Kraftfahr-Kolonne 6 (02 May 1920-26 Sep 1920)
  • Battery-Officer in tbe 6th Artillery-Regiment / 6. (Preußisches) Artillerie-Regiment (27 Sep 1920-31 Mar 1921)
  • Placed to tbe Disposal of tbe 1st Artillery-Regiment / 1. (Preußisches) Artillerie-Regiment in Allenstein (01 Apr 1921-31 Mar 1928)
    • 1922 completed training as a Bild-Offizier (photo officer)
  • Studying at tbe Technical College / Technische Universität in Charlottenburg (1922-1927)
    • At tbe beginning of 1927, he received his diploma as an engineer (Dipl.-Ing.)
  • With tbe Staff of tbe 3rd Artillery-Regiment / 3. (Preußisches) Artillerie-Regiment in Potsdam (01 Apr 1928-31 Mar 1929)
  • Advisor in tbe Army Weapons Office / Heeres-Waffen-Amt (WaA), Reichswehrministerium in Berlin (01 Apr 1929-31 Aug 1933)
    • After tbe restructuring of his higher-level office, he was assigned to tbe Statistical Group (Wa Prw 8) from spring 1931 at tbe latest.
    • In 1932, he also took part in tbe Rhön gliding competition[1]
  • Transferred into tbe Luftwaffe as Advisor (Referent) in tbe Reichsluftfahrtministerium (01 Sep 1933-30 Jun 1934)
  • Squadron-Captain (Staffelkapitän) in Bomber-Wing 252 / Kampfgeschwader 252 (01 Jul 1934-31 Mar 1935)
  • Commander of Flying-Group Tutow / Fliegergruppe Tutow (01 Apr 1935-31 Jan 1936)
  • Department-Chief in tbe Reichsluftfahrtministerium (01 Feb 1936-31 Jul 1938)
  • Chief of Staff of tbe General-Air-Equipment-Master, RLM (01 Aug 1938-30 Sep 1941)
    • Chef des Stabes (Chef der Chefgruppe) des Generalluftzeugmeisters
      • On 21 August 1940, he was ordered to temporary duty to Gruppe Luftwaffe/Waffenstillstandskommission Wiesbaden (Armistice Commission after tbe Battle of France)
      • On 26 April 1941, he was tbe organizer and one of many guests (among them Generalstabsingenieur Roluf Lucht, Raven von Barnekow, Dr. Brühl, Walter Angermünd and Lieutenant Colonel Max Pendele) at Ernst Udet's 45th birthday celebration.
        • With tbe congratulators was also a messenger from tbe University of Munich, presenting Generalluftzeugmeister Udet with a honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. h. c.).
  • Chief of Staff (Chef des Stabes) of Air-Region-Command II / Luftgau-Kommando II in Posen under Generalleutnant Hellmuth Bieneck (01 Oct 1941-30 Nov 1942)
  • Retired after having differences with Erhard Milch (30 Nov 1942)

Promotions

  • 2 August 1914 War Volunteer[2]
    • Offizieranwärter (Officer Candidate)
  • Vizefeldwebel (27 January 1916)
  • Leutnant (2 September 1916)
    • on 1 April 1922 received Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 April 1914
  • Oberleutnant (1 September 1923)
  • Hauptmann / Captain (1 April 1928)
  • Major (1 March 1934)
  • Oberstleutnant / Lieutenant Colonel (1 March 1936)
  • Oberst / Colonel (1 June 1938)
  • Generalmajor (1 August 1940)

Awards and decorations (excerpt)

References

  1. ↑ Zeitschrift Flugsport Heft 17/1932
  2. ↑ Ploch, Dipl. Ing. August-Albert
  3. ↑ Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, 1931, p. 144
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