TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!

Schumann, Hans (Flak)

Date of birth:
April 7th, 1906 (Jüterbog, Luckenwalde, Prussia)
Date of death:
September 1983
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.04.1925: entered service with the Reichsheer (Artillerie)
01.04.1933: promoted to Oberleutnant
01.04.1935: transferred to the Luftwaffe and appointed Battr.-Chef at Flakartillerie-Schule Wustrow
01.08.1936: Adjutant in RLM
01.11.1937: Battr.-Chef in I./ Flak-Rgt. 12
01.12.1938: Referent in 5. Abteitlung, Genstab d.Lw.
05.01.1939-31.03.1939: Generalstab training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow
01.12.1939: Hauptmann, in Genst.d.Lw. (5.Abt.) transferred into the Generalstab d.Lw.
06.03.1941-20.04.1941: ordered temporary duty to Stab, Flak-Art.Kdr. Norwegen as acting Ia
30.04.1941: Major i.G., Kdr. I./ Flak-Rgt. 29
04.08.1941: Ob.d.L., RLM pool
28.08.1941-15.05.1942: Stab, Lw.-Befehlshaber Mitte for temporary duty
16.05.1942: Abt.-Leiter I in Stab, Lw.-Befehlshaber Mitte
01.03.1943: Stab, Lw.-Befh. Mitte, promoted to Oberst i.G.
03.10.1943: Ic, I. Flakkorps
00.02.1944: Oberst i.G., Ia, Flak, Luftflotte Reich
18.08.1944: Chef d.Genst., Luftgaukdo. XI
01.01.1945: Oberst i.G., awarded DKiG
01.03.1945: Oberst i.G., Chef des Stabes, Luftgaukdo. XI
00.03.1945: transferred to RLM, Genstab d.Lw. (5.Abt.)

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)
Unit:
Führer Abteilung, Luftflotte x, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 12th, 1944

Published in the Luftwaffen-Verordnungsblatt on January 1st, 1945.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 24th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 5th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1943
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1943
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 8th, 1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1937
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1937
Ordine della Corona d'Italia
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1936
Deutsches Olympia Ehrenzeichen 1936
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1935
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre

Sources

Photo