stevenbecker Posted 28 July , 2022 Share Posted 28 July , 2022 Mates, I am trying to find his WWI and later WWII service, bio's just mention his life but no Military service? What I have so far is limited Commander (Kraftwagenpark) Armee-Kraftwagen-Kolonne (born 1871 Sarstedt near Hildesheim died 1946) German racing cyclist and industrial manager founding members of the Association of the Automotive Industry The photo taken in WWII shows him well medaled that his few bio's do not show (thats if I am ID him correctly?) cheers S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knittinganddeath Posted 28 July , 2022 Share Posted 28 July , 2022 (edited) Here's a bit more info from https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Tischbein,_Willy He was director general of Continental AG (the tire company) and played a major role in the company's development. Because of this, he is a kind of public person and for this reason I would guess that Conti do not really want to make a big deal of his war service. Or they might simply see his war service as irrelevant to his work with the company. Edited 28 July , 2022 by knittinganddeath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 28 July , 2022 Author Share Posted 28 July , 2022 Mate, Yes I am getting the same by skipping the war years. seams a German thing, but mostly during the Nazi period, not the Imperial period? Ottomans records seam to show him as boss of the Transport Companies that operated in Turkey during the war. But for how long and what he did is not mentioned. I have been trying to chase down the major appointments in the Transport service in Turkey during the war but I found only one men (Willy) over the rank of Capt Roëll Ernst Freiherr von Capt (Maj) 6.ve 7. Ordularin tasit araçlari birlikleri komutani (Commander of vehicle troops of the 6th and 7th Armies) Commander Kraftfarhertruppen (MT Co) 1917-18 from ObLt Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde No 12 to Rittmeister Train of 26th Reserve korps 1915 (not identified)? There must be some details on Willy's war service some where? S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted 28 January Share Posted 28 January Hi, I just saw your posted picture in the internet - and than for the frist time this forum. He was my great-grandfather. Is there anything you still would like to know about him? Do you have the posted picture as original? Thanks and best wishes, Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 28 January Author Share Posted 28 January Sorry mate, I can't remember where I copied the photo? You have what I have above but I still can't pin down what he was doing in Turkey during his period as Commander Transport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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