SS-Oberführer Hans Lingner

[Requin Marteau]

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=65560

[seaburn]

Thanks for posting .......Just checked Mark C Yerger's Vol 1 'German Cross in Gold - holders of the SS and Police' he lists the last rank also as SS-Standartenführer - the title of this old thread will need to be changed - KM just referred to his fellow POW by surname and not by rank - so still wondering if he was SS-Standartenführer Hans Lingner or not...so original question still open...

[Georges JEROME]

SS-Staf. Lingner was captured on 9th january 1945 when a patrol from "A" company of the 114 inf. rgt (44. Inf. Div) led by Top Sergeant Dunnuck and including Sergeant Robert Brindle and Pfc Harry Lee Daffin Jr.
Lingner was captured with his aide SS-Ustuf. Jund, SS-Unterscharführer Weissenborn.
The driver of his armoured car was killed.

Georges

[steve248]

Hans Lingner was captured on 10 Jan 1945 at Zweibrücken - the report does not say by whom - and these two pages are his CV (Lebenslauf):

Lingner Hans 02.jpg (109.56 KiB) Viewed 578 times

[steve248]

I should also have added he was brought to the UK for interrogation. This appears to be the only one he gave.

[seaburn]

That's great Steve248, thanks for posting. It confirms that he came to the UK. Can you let me the file reference.

[Georges JEROME]

Date : 10.1.1945 confirmed in SSO files.

SS-Stammkarte : in amerikanische Gefangenschaft 10.1.1945

Dienstlaufbahn confirm 10.1.1945.

And last rank : SS-Standartenführer (30.11.1944)

[hero.]

Hello !

Some additional information, regarding SS-Standartenführer Hans Lingner :
(source for the following is mainly the GvB divisional history by Wind/ Günther).

On 29.11.1944 Ostendorff (Kdr. GvB) issued a message to the GvB division, that he had
been ordered to a new task by RFSS [he doesn't say, but it is: becoming Chef HGr. Oberrhein].

I think it seems very logical, that after that date the Ia, Lingner, was a temporary
replacement, before he took over the division "officially" (mit Wirkung vom 8.12.1944).
(which Lingner wrote in another message, dated 7.12.1944)

Before that, the first time I could find Lingner signing an order as Ia GvB is on 12.11.1944.
In addition, there are orders signed by Ostubaf. Linn as Ia, between the dates :
26.8.1944 and 9.11.1944.

This generally confirms the data given by Dieter Zinke in post #2 :
viewtopic.php?p=589402#p589402

And all the dates (besides when he was captured) regarding Lingner's position within
17. SS-GvB division are quite different from the interrogation report, posted above by steve248.
(I don't understand why).

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There is also a very detailed report in that book, regarding the circumstances,
how Lingner was captured (see attached).
I thought it might be interesting to some of the members here, to share that.

Best regards,

hero(dot)