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Fischer, Veit

Date of birth:
May 18th, 1890 (Landshut/Lower Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
October 30th, 1966 (Prien/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

For his services during the First World War, Veit Fischer received the Ritterkreuz des königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern (September 3rd, 1918) and after the First WOrld War the Scharfschützentruppe Freikorps Schwaben (April 26th, 1919).

Promotions:
January 1st, 1935: Oberstleutnant;
April 1st, 1936: Oberst;
January 1st, 1939: Generalmajor;
December 1st, 1940: Generalleutnant;
June 1st, 1942: General der Flieger.

Career:
? - 1920: Heer;
1920: Bayerische Luftpolizei;
January 1st, 1935: Flieger-vizekommodore, Lager Lechfeld, Luftwaffe;
March 1st, 1935 - March 31st, 1936: Kommodore FFS C 4;
June 1st, 1935: Kommandant Fl.H. Perleberg;
April 1st, 1936: Kommodore Fliegerschule (Land) Neuruppin;
March 1st, 1937: Höherer Flieger-Ausbildungs-Kommodore III;
October 1st, 1937: Inspekteur der Flugzeugführerschulen (L.In.9);
March 1st, 1941: Kommodore Luftgaustab z.b.V. 2, Warschau;
?: Kommodore Luftgaustab z.b.V. 1;
October 23rd, 1941: Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber Luftgau Moskau;
April 1st, 1943: Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber Feldluftgau XXVII, Minsk;
August 9th, 1944 - September 12th, 1944: m.d.F.b. Luftgau VII;
August 15th, 1944 - April 12th, 1945: Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber Luftgau VIII, Breslau/Prague;
May 8th, 1945 - October 7th, 1955: Sovjet Krijgsgevangene

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General der Flieger (Air Marshall)
Unit:
Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber Luftgau Moskau
Awarded on:
December 3rd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General der Flieger (Air Marshall)
Unit:
Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber Feldluftgrau XXVII, Minsk
Awarded on:
July 15th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern

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