Education
After the war, he studied law at the University of Greifswald and made a career as a leading administrative official
After the war, he studied law at the University of Greifswald and made a career as a leading administrative official
In 1934, he became Mayor of Tilsit (now Sovetsk, Russia) in 1934-1937, later of Wiesbaden in 1937-1945 and 1954-1960. In his first term as Mayor of Wiesbaden, most of the Jewish community of Wiesbaden, some 2,700 people in 1933, was murdered and their synagogues were burned, under Mix"s leadership. However, he was again elected mayor in 1954, and he is buried in the honorary section of the Wiesbaden graveyard.
In 1935 he started flying again, training as an observer and then as a fighter pilot in 1937.
Serving as technical officer with I./JG 53 at the outbreak of World World War II, Mix claimed three French Morane fighters over Saargemünd (now Sarreguemines, France) on 21 September 1939, and four more on 22 November 1939 over Saarbrücken. Appointed to command III./JG 2 in March 1940, he claimed three more Moranes on 21 May 1940, although Mix was shot down and forced to land in a field near Roye on 21 May in Bf 109E-3 West.Nr.1526.
After being hospitalized, Mix returned to III./JG 2 on 19 June. He left France with his unit and relocated to Frankfurt/Rhein-Main on 1 July.
On 27 July, the unit returned to Évreux-West until 4 August.
Mix claimed a Hawker Hurricane on 4 September. Mix remained Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 2 until 24 September 1940, when he became one of the older commanders dismissed by a frustrated Goering in favour of the younger, up-and-coming aces of 1940. In Mix"s case, Hpt. Otto Bertram.
Mix"s final claim was a Bristol Blenheim over The Hague (den Haag) in July 1941, while commanding JG 1.
He later served as Jafü Bretagne ( Fighter Leader, Brittany) from April 1943 onwards. During World World War II, he claimed eight (potentially 13) aerial victories.
Nazi Party, Free Democratic Party.
Schutzstaffel.