Date of birth:

February 1st, 1883 (Hildesheim, Germany)

Date of death:

November 23rd, 1955 (Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
27.01.1902: Fahnrnjunker-Unteroffizier
17.05.1902: Fähnrich
27.01.1903: Leutnant
27.01.1911: Oberleutnant
08.10.1914: Hauptmann
30.06.1922: Charakter als Major
01.03.1935: Oberst
01.01.1938: Generalmajor
01.01.1940: Generalleutnant
01.07.1941: General der Flakartillerie

Career:
16.10.1901: Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 75th Field-Artillery-Regiment
05.02.1905: Instruction-Course at the Field-Artillery-Firing-School
01.12.1908: Artillery-Workshop Spandau
20.02.1909: Battery-Officer in the 10th Field-Artillery-Regiment
01.10.1909: Battalion-Adjutant in the 10th Field-Artillery-Regiment
25.06.1912: Battery-Officer in the 10th Field-Artillery-Regiment
01.10.1912: War Academy
02.08.1914: Battery-Leader in the 10th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment
00.09.1914: Battalion-Leader in the 46th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment
00.01.1915: Adjutant of the 19th Reserve-Infantry-Brigade
20.12.1915: Staff of Staging-Inspection 4 and Chief Of Operations of the 46th Reserve-Division
03.09.1916: General-Staff of the VII. Army-Corps
21.11.1916: Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 28th Infantry-Division
27.08.1918: General-Staff of the X. Reserve-Corps
04.01.1919: 10th Field-Artillery-Regiment
23.01.1919: Staff of the 86th Infantry-Division
11.03.1919: Advisor in the Army General Staff
01.10.1919: Advisor in the RWM
01.03.1922: Staff of Group-Command 1
30.06.1922: retired
24.06.1934: employed by the Army with the RWM
01.03.1935: reactivated to Army Service as an Oberst in the RWM
24.06.1934: Managing Director of the Reichs-Defence-Committee, Berlin, RLM
01.04.1936: Instructor at the Air War Academy
01.05.1936: transferred into the Luftwaffe
01.09.1936: course with Bomber-Group 157, Langenhagen
15.09.1936: course with Flying-Group (S), Hildesheim
01.04.1937: Higher Flak-Artillery Commander I
01.11.1937: Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region VI
10.01.1938: awarded the Luftwaffe Ehrenschwert / Ehrendegen des Generalobersten Göring
02.04.1945: Commanding General of the Special-Purpose-Flak-Corps
08.05.1945: British Captivity - condemned by a British Military Court in Hamburg to Life Imprisonment because of Alleged War Crimes
14.10.1947 : on Appeal Judgement reduced to 10 Years
00.1.1950: released for health reasons

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• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/General/SCHMIDT_AUGUST.html