Date of birth:

June 13th, 1896 (Hanover/Hanover, Germany)

Date of death:

March 6th, 1973 (Hanover/Lower Saxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
January 24th, 1915: Gefreiter;
April 26th,1915: Unteroffizier;
April 30th, 1916: Vizewachtmeister;
November 6th, 1916: x?;
November 30th, 1916: Fahnenjunker;
July 20th, 1917: Leutnant;
May 15th, 1922: Oberleutnant a.D.;
January 1st, 1923: Polizei-Oberleutnant;
April 29th, 1927: Polizie-Hauptmann;
May 1st, 1935: Hauptmann (Luftwaffe);
December 1st, 1935: Major;
December 1st, 1938: Oberstleutnant;
December 1st, 1940: Oberst mit RDA vom 1-6-1940;
October 1st, 1943: Generalmajor mit RDA vom 1-9-1943.

Career:
May 1st, 1935: Reichsluftwaffe;
February 1st, 1936: Luftnachrichten-Schule;
April 1st, 1936: Reichsluftfahrtministerium;
November 25tt, 1941: Nafü, Gen.Kdo. X. Fliegerkorps;
July 9th, 1942: Höh.Nafü, Luftflottenkdo. 5 (vom 09.07.1943 - 16.12.1943 kdrt. zum Luftflottenkdo. Südost, Höh.Nachr.Führer);
December 17th, 1943: Höh.Nachr.Führer Luftflottenkdo. Südost;
April 2nd, 1944: General-Nachr.-Führer, Ln.Insp.;
April 11th, 1945: Höh.Nachr.Führer der Ob.d.L.

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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