Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Pencil sketch of a Nazi by Dr K Prabhakar Rao

BECKER WILHELM. NAZI
 Becker, Wilhelm, born 27-10-1897 in Hanau, joined the Army as a Fähnrich, age 17, on 06-12-1914 in the 88th Infantry Regiment and followed with success a pilot training from 19-02-1916 until 18-07-1916 and came to the Field Flying Battalion to 05-12-1916. He ended the first war as a pilot with the 30thFighter Squadron. He remained in the new Reichswehr Luftwaffe and transferred in Hermann Goering´s new Luftwaffe as advisor in the RLM on 01-12-1933. As an Oberstleutnant he was Department Chief in the Economic Staff RKM until 31-01-1938. Meanwhile an Oberst he was Department Chief in the Economic Staff to 31-10-1942 and following the Chief of the Field Economics Office, OKW until 18-09-1944, the start of Operation Market Garden, He was in captivity of allies till 1947. And was released. he lived in Gottingen till his death at the age of 66 years on 9 January 1964. He was of the rank Lt Gen in SS and was not a battle field General.

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