Generalleutnant Christian Usinger

[VJK]

Hi!

I wanted to share with you this portrait of Generalleutnant Christian Usinger, RKT and DKiG holder, last Kom. Gen. of I AK. This is the very first pic I have ever seen of him, which is strange given his high awards.
The source of the pic is self-evident.

Regards,

VJK

[Benoit Douville]

VJK,

Great picture, it is really appreciated. Now what about a bio about him, I would like to learn more about this guy.

Regards

[Phil Nix]

From Keilig sorry about the disjointed pages it was on two pages
Phil Nix

[VJK]

Hi!

A little more here: http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.d ... istian.htm

Regards,

VJK

[Dieter Zinke]

Christian Usinger
+ 08.03.1949 Sonderspital 3840 Schuja (Šuja), pulmonary tuberculosis

00.00.1920 Char. als Oberleutnant
00.00.1921 Polizeioberleutnant
07.04.1924 Polizeihauptmann
00.00.1935 Polizeimajor
01.10.1935 Major (Pat. v. 01.02.1935)
01.10.1937 Oberstleutnant
01.10.1940 Oberst
01.12.1942 Generalmajor
01.09.1943 Generalleutnant

14 / 18 Zug- and Batterieführer
00.00.1920 quit the service
then Eleve (trainee) in a estate (Gut)
00.00.1921 Polizeioberleutnant, ministry of the interior, Berlin
00.00.1924 Führer der Kraftfahrbereitschaft der Polizei (chief of the motor pool), Berlin
01.10.1935 takeover into the Heer, Kdr. II. / AR 13, Magdeburg
26.08.1939 Kdr. AR ???
00.12.1941 Arko 146
27.04.1942 Arko110
20.10.1942 m.d.F.b. 223. ID
01.12.1943 Kdr. 223. ID
00.09.1943 Führerreserve
08.10.1943 Harko 315
20.04.1945 m.d.F.b. I. AK
08.05.1945 in Soviet captivity, area Prekuln / Kurland (courland)

in the camps Nr. 27/Krasnogorsk, 48/Černcy, Ležnevo, 3840/Šuja (area Ivanovo)
grave: Šuja, Voznesenskoje-cemetery, square 3, grave 3

05.06.1926 marriage with Elisabeth nee Hahn (+ 05.11.1950 by car-crash in Munich)

source: "Sammlung Krug"

D. Z.

[VJK]

Many thanks Dieter!

I have long been surprised how liitle info and how few pics there are of this man. There can't be many RKT and DKiG holders about whom there is so little available info.

Best regards,

VJK

[Stauffenberg II]

26.08.1939 Kdr. AR ???

= RSt A. R. 622

The date of death however is 06.03.1948 according to:
http://samlib.ru/m/minaew_d_n/generals_z_1.shtml

[Jeremy Dixon]

Photo of Usinger from my collection

[askropp]

According to the 1944/45 Rangliste:

01.07.1943 Generalleutnant (4c)

Maybe the promotion was made in September to rank from July?

[Rossano]

Hello gentlemen
Anybody so generous to post here the same photo without inscription ?
Thanks in advance for the special favor. Rossano

[Kriegsmarine Großadmiral]

Here.

[Rossano]

Many thanks !

[iggy88]

From Tätigkeitsbericht IIa/XXX. AK:
"Oberst Usinger trifft zur Übernahme der Dienstgeschäfte des Artl.Kdr.110 ein. Der bisherige Arko 110, Generalleutnant z.V. Hielscher, wird Arko 146 und meldet sich am 18.5.42 beim Generalkommando ab.“ (17 May 1942)

[iggy88]

From the KTB of Harko 315: „Gen. Usinger führte vertretungsweise XXXVIII. Pz.K.“ (17. März 1945)
This should be for the final portion of Kurt Herzog's absence from the Korps. But, there is no mention in the KTB, which ends on 31 Mar 1945, or the Anlagen as to how long he was Vertreter at XXXVIII. PzK. Does anyone know when Herzog returned? Also, it appears that Usinger remained Harko since there is no reference to his Vertreter.

[askropp]

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