German Colonial Officers 1914
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Three men, who conducted the war in the air in DSWA 1914/15
Oberleutnant von Scheele with Aviatik P-14 and Leutnant Paul Fiedler with LFG Roland.
Some missions also were flown by Willy Trück. Trück was a pilot and engineer of
the airplane manufacturer Aviatik, sent to DSWA to test local flying conditions.
Probably he and von Scheele alternately used von Scheele's Aviatik. Trück had his own Aviatik. but
the military commanders informed him that he would not get any petrol. So he had only the gallons he
had brought from Germany, only sufficient for few missions. His plane was always transferred by train to its new base, in the end
it was burned at Tsumeb.
Fiedler crashed in April 1915 and von Scheele in May 1915, ending the German air war in DSWA.
First picture Leutnant Paul Fiedler and observer in his LFG Roland.
Second picture Oberleutnant von Scheele, Willy Trück and Scheele's Aviatik.
Third picture Willy Trück, his Aviatik and a Schutztruppe officer and a NCO, both unknown.
Oberleutnant von Scheele with Aviatik P-14 and Leutnant Paul Fiedler with LFG Roland.
Some missions also were flown by Willy Trück. Trück was a pilot and engineer of
the airplane manufacturer Aviatik, sent to DSWA to test local flying conditions.
Probably he and von Scheele alternately used von Scheele's Aviatik. Trück had his own Aviatik. but
the military commanders informed him that he would not get any petrol. So he had only the gallons he
had brought from Germany, only sufficient for few missions. His plane was always transferred by train to its new base, in the end
it was burned at Tsumeb.
Fiedler crashed in April 1915 and von Scheele in May 1915, ending the German air war in DSWA.
First picture Leutnant Paul Fiedler and observer in his LFG Roland.
Second picture Oberleutnant von Scheele, Willy Trück and Scheele's Aviatik.
Third picture Willy Trück, his Aviatik and a Schutztruppe officer and a NCO, both unknown.
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Oberleutnant z.S. Wendling, captain of the small German government steamer "Nachtigal".
September 17, 1914, Wendling rammed the British gunboat HMS Dwarf in the estuary of
the Cameroon River.
I have no further information about him.
September 17, 1914, Wendling rammed the British gunboat HMS Dwarf in the estuary of
the Cameroon River.
I have no further information about him.
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Re: Hauptmann Hermann Detzner
Any further biographical information available about Detzner? What became of him after he recanted his story?Reichskolonialamt wrote:Detzner seems to have been a kind of measurement-specialist in the army.
In 1912 there were 2 "measurement-expedtions" in Cameroon to locate the new borders after the Marocco-Treaty. Detzner(at this time Oberleutnant) was member of the German-British "Vermarkungsexpedition Jola-Crossfluss" Oct.1912 - April.1913.
In NG, Detzner was member of another "measerement-expedition" - this time to find the borders in the south of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land to British-NG. During this, the first world war startet...
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Some information on Detzner in German- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detzner
... and some In English in PDF format- http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2006/papers/h ... e_0976.pdf
...and a photo from his Vier Jarhen Unter Kaniballen.
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... and some In English in PDF format- http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2006/papers/h ... e_0976.pdf
...and a photo from his Vier Jarhen Unter Kaniballen.
Cheers
Chris
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From ebay- a pair of Cameroon Oberleutnant's shoulder straps-
http://cgi.ebay.de/SCHUTZTRUPPE-KOLONIE ... dZViewItem
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http://cgi.ebay.de/SCHUTZTRUPPE-KOLONIE ... dZViewItem
Cheers
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Feldwebel Frenzel
Hi, got this photo of Feldwebel Frenzel, one of the 155 wich surrender in 1918.
This is taken in 1914 and dedicated to his Lieber Dora!
Christer
This is taken in 1914 and dedicated to his Lieber Dora!

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Re: German Colonial Officers 1914
Hello dear members!
Do you know something about Rittmeister Carl von Klewitz and Oberleutnant Georg Mayer (Deutsch-Neuguinea)?
Do you know something about Rittmeister Carl von Klewitz and Oberleutnant Georg Mayer (Deutsch-Neuguinea)?
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Re: German Colonial Officers 1914
Hello Gregorus,
Welcome to the Forum and thanks for that question. I didn't know Carl was von Klewitz's first name, so thank you for that.
All the information I have on these two is that they were regular army officers on secondment to New Guinea. Mayer was from the Königliches Bayerisches Schweres Reiter Regt. Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este Nr.2. and replaced Oberleutnant Prey sometime in 1914. Prey was from the 3. Posensches Infanterie-Regt. Nr.58 and had been in New Guinea since 1911 (although Baumann lists this as 1906- does anyone know the correct date?). Von Klewitz was also sent out in 1914, he was from the Dragoner-Regt. Königin Olga (1. Württembergisches) Nr.25. This information was supplied to me by Bruce Swanton, another of our members.
Does anyone else know any more about these men, or have a photo of any of them?
Cheers
Chris
Welcome to the Forum and thanks for that question. I didn't know Carl was von Klewitz's first name, so thank you for that.
All the information I have on these two is that they were regular army officers on secondment to New Guinea. Mayer was from the Königliches Bayerisches Schweres Reiter Regt. Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este Nr.2. and replaced Oberleutnant Prey sometime in 1914. Prey was from the 3. Posensches Infanterie-Regt. Nr.58 and had been in New Guinea since 1911 (although Baumann lists this as 1906- does anyone know the correct date?). Von Klewitz was also sent out in 1914, he was from the Dragoner-Regt. Königin Olga (1. Württembergisches) Nr.25. This information was supplied to me by Bruce Swanton, another of our members.
Does anyone else know any more about these men, or have a photo of any of them?
Cheers
Chris