Georg Zöbelein (°1913) was studying medicine in 1939 but when the war broke out he was conscripted in to the Luftwaffe and assigned as a gunner to the 2nd company of Flak Rgt 9, which was then based in and around Berlin.
In April 1940 the Luftwaffe realize that with his medical education he is better used as a doctor then as a gunner and he is transferred to a medical unit and promoted "Unterarzt".
In June 1940 he is attached as the unit doctor to a construction unit.
He serves on the Eastern front and is awarded the EKII by the VIII Flieger Korps on January 27 1942.
In December 1942 he is transferred to the medical unit of Luftgau Moskau, in July 1942 and in March 1943 follow more transfers on the Eastern front this time to airfield unit.
In May 1944 his service on the Eastern front comes to an end when his himself is admitted to a hospital with typhoid fever, when he discharged from the hospital he is sent to a replacement unit for medical personnel.
On July 8 1944 he is fit enough to serve but this time he doesn't become a doctor with a LW unit, he instead is transferred to the Waffen SS and he becomes the unit doctor in the 12 SS Panzer Pionier Btl, the pionier unit of the famous Hitlerjugend Division.
Although he is attached to the Waffen SS he keeps his Luftwaffe officers rank "Stabsarzt der Reserve" (Captain) until the end of the war.
For his service in Normandy/Northern France he is awarded the EKI in November 1944.
In March 1945 he is transferred once again, this time to the Sanitats Abteilung of the HJ Pz Div; he remains with this division until the end of the war and while he is POW he keeps on working as a doctor, he is paid until November 1945.
In April 1940 the Luftwaffe realize that with his medical education he is better used as a doctor then as a gunner and he is transferred to a medical unit and promoted "Unterarzt".
In June 1940 he is attached as the unit doctor to a construction unit.
He serves on the Eastern front and is awarded the EKII by the VIII Flieger Korps on January 27 1942.
In December 1942 he is transferred to the medical unit of Luftgau Moskau, in July 1942 and in March 1943 follow more transfers on the Eastern front this time to airfield unit.
In May 1944 his service on the Eastern front comes to an end when his himself is admitted to a hospital with typhoid fever, when he discharged from the hospital he is sent to a replacement unit for medical personnel.
On July 8 1944 he is fit enough to serve but this time he doesn't become a doctor with a LW unit, he instead is transferred to the Waffen SS and he becomes the unit doctor in the 12 SS Panzer Pionier Btl, the pionier unit of the famous Hitlerjugend Division.
Although he is attached to the Waffen SS he keeps his Luftwaffe officers rank "Stabsarzt der Reserve" (Captain) until the end of the war.
For his service in Normandy/Northern France he is awarded the EKI in November 1944.
In March 1945 he is transferred once again, this time to the Sanitats Abteilung of the HJ Pz Div; he remains with this division until the end of the war and while he is POW he keeps on working as a doctor, he is paid until November 1945.
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