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Döring, von, Kurt-Bertram (Generalleutnant)

Date of birth:
February 18th, 1889 (Ribberkardt/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
September 9th, 1960 (Kloster Medingen/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
March 14th, 1907: Fähnrich;
August 18th, 1908: Leutnant;
February 25th, 1915: Oberleutnant;
November 28th, 1917: Rittmeister;
June 1st, 1934: Major;
January 1st, 1936: Oberstleutnant;
April 1st, 1938: Oberst;
July 19th, 1940: Generalmajor;
November 1st, 1941: Genralleutnant.

Career:
1907: entered the Heer, Dragoner Regiment 17;
June 1st, 1913: Fliegertruppen;
June 1st, 1914: FFA Köln;
1914: Flugzeugführer - Feldflieger-Abteilung 38
1916: Sonderstaffel S 2;
June 14th, 1917: Staffelführer Jasta 4;
1918: Führer - Jagdstaffel 4;
December 1st, 1918: Dragoner Regiment 17;
1923: military adviser - Argentine Air Force;
1927: Instructor Argentine and Peruvian Air Force;
1930: Representative German Aviation China;
1 juni 1934: Kommodore Fliegerschule C7 Celle;
April 1st, 1935: Komandeur, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 132 "Richthofen";
April 20th, 1936: Kommodore Jagdgeschwader 134 "Horst Wessel";
November 1st, 1938: Kommodore, Jagdgeschwader 142;
January 1st, 1939: Kommodore Zerstörergeschwader 142;
May 1st, 1939: Kommodore Zerstörergeschwader 26;
December 15th, 1939: Jagdfliegerführer 2;
December 2nd, 1940: Offizier z.b.V. des RLM u. Obd.L.;
December 19th, 1940: Inspekteur der Jagd-, Zerstörer- und Schlachtflieger, RLM;
August 9th, 1941: Jagdfliegerführer Mitte;
September 8th, 1941: Kommandeur 1. Nachtjagd-Division;
May 1st, 1942: Kommandeur 1. Jagd-Division;
Sept-Oct 1943: Kommandeur 3. Jagd-Division;
November 10th, 1943: Offizier z.b.V. des RLM u. Ob.d.L.;
July 10th, 1944: Chef der Zentralabteilung (Zemtralamtsgruppe), RLM;
May 23rd, 1945 - July 1947: POW.

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Unit:
Oberleutnant (Mecklenburg)
Awarded on:
November 26th, 1917
with swords
Ritter des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Rittmeister
Unit:
1. Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 17
Awarded on:
April 12th, 1919
Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Fliegerkommandant
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1935
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1937
Order of Military Merit 6th Class
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Wing Commander)
Unit:
Kommodore, Jagdgeschwader 134 "Horst Wessel", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 2nd, 1937
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Wing Commander)
Unit:
Kommodore, Jagdgeschwader 134 "Horst Wessel", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 3rd, 1937
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Group Captain)
Unit:
Kommodore, Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 13th, 1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Group Captain)
Unit:
Kommodore, Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 7th, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalleutnant (Major-general)
Unit:
Kommandeur, 1. Jagd-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
December 30th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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