Date of birth:

December 4th, 1911 (Konjic, Bosnia-Hercegovina)

Nationality:

Austrian

00.09.1929: joined Inf.-Rgt. 3 of the Austrian Bundesheer
00.00.1933: trained as combat engineer officer at Pionierfachschule Klosterneuburg then a Pionier-Btl. in Graz
00.12.1933: promoted to Leutnant
00.11.1935: transferred to to Flieger-Rgt. 1 for Beobachter training, afterwards with Aufkl.St. 2
00.02.1938: Oberleutnant, Kdt. Aufkl.St. 2 of the Austrian Air Force
00.03.1938: transferred to the Luftwaffe then assigned to Aufkl.Gr. 21
01.09.1939: Hauptmann, Staka 2.(H)/ Aufkl. Gr. 21
01.04.1942: promoted to Major
16.10.1942-01.01.1943: Major, Ia, 7. Lw.-Feld-Division
01.01.1943-01.03.1944: Major, Ia, 15. Lw.-Feld-Division
01.03.1944-16.06.1944: Major, Ia op, 2/ Fallschirm-AOK 1
16.06.1944-00.00.1945: Major, Ia, 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division
01.01.1945: Major, awarded DKiG, in unspecified Fsch.-Jäg.-Rgt.
Postwar, joined the new Austrian Bundesheer
00.11.1976: General der Infanterie
31.12.1976: retired

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

2. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment x, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

January 1st, 1945

August Fischer-See is listed in Patzwall & Scherzer (2001) as a Major, unit is given as 2./Fsch.Jg.Div. with no indication of which FJD and the award date is the generic 01.01.1945

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1:
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.