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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