Date of birth:

June 14th, 1889 (Wojtinell/Bezirk Radautz, Bukowina)

Date of death:

November 11th, 1978 (Schärding)

Nationality:

German

18.08.1908: entered the Kaiserlich Österreich-Ungarisch Heeres (Inf.)
01.05.1911: promoted to Leutnant
01.08.1914: promoted to Oberleutnant
00.00.1914-00.00.1917: served with the Infanterie - wounded several times
01.08.1917: promoted to Hauptmann
00.00.1919: stayed in the Austrian Bundesheer (Inf.)
08.07.1921: promoted to Major (Titel)
01.03.1923: promo to Stabs-Hauptmann
29.09.1927: promoted to Major
28.12.1935: promoted to Oberstleutnant
15.03.1938: transferred to the Luftwaffe from the Austrian Heer with IR
6 with a rank Obstlt. - RDA 02.03.1936 and appointed Offizier z.b.V.des RLM u. Ob.d.L. (pending assignment)
01.06.1938: ordered to I. Abt./Flak-Rgt. 14
05.10.1938: ordered to Lehrgang für ehemalige österreichische Offiziere (orientation and training course for former Austrian officers)
15.11.1938: ordered to Stab/Flak-Rgt. 44, Essen
30.11.1938: ordered to Lehrgang 26 für Abt.-Kommandeure schwere Flak
08.12.1938: ordered to Lehrgang 27 für Abt.-Kommandeure leichte Flak
01.04.1939: promoted to Oberst - RDA 01.08.1938 and appointed Kdr. leichte Flak-Abt. 74
01.12.1939: provisional Kdr. Flak-Rgt. 44
29.02.1940: permanent Kdr Flak-Rgt. 44
01.06.1940: promoted to Generalmajor
01.10.1940: Kdr. Flak-Brigade III.
12.04.1941: Kdr. Luftverteidigung-Kdo. 10, Ploesti/Romania
01.09.1941-25.06.1943: Kdr. 10. Flak-Div. (mot)
01.06.1942: promoted to Generalleutnant
26.06.1943: assigned to Führerreserve OKL - z.b.V. des RLM
31.10.1943: retired
07.11.1944: called to service in the Volkssturm
05.09.1945: into U.S. captivity
08.05.1945: released

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• - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X