Date of birth:

September 19th, 1907 (Magdeburg)

Nationality:

German

07.04.1926: entered service with the Heer (Infanterie)
01.03.1934: transferred to the Luftwaffe and ordered to Fliegerschule Braunschweig for Beobachter training
01.10.1934: transferred to Aufkl.Staffel Cottbus with temporary duty to Kreisflugpark Gersthofen
16.04.1935: transferred to Aufkl.Gr. 115 (Göppingen) as a Bild-Offz.
01.04.1936: Adjutant in Stab, Kdo. d. Fliegerschulen (See)
30.09.1936: received the Lw. Beobachter (See) (observer - naval) license
01.03.1937: Adjutant in Stab, Kdo.d.Fliegerschulen- u.Flieger-Ers.Abt. VI
01.09.1937: attained pilots licence
01.10.1937: instructor at Heereskriegsschule Potsdam
16.08.1939: Hauptmann, transferred from RLM pool to FFS C Neuruppin
04.09.1939-29.09.1939: ordered temporary duty to 7./ KG.z.b.V. 2
13.03.1940-09.10.1940: Staka, 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 123
15.10.1940-15.02.1941: Generalstab training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow (3. Kurz-Lehrgang)
01.01.1941: promoted to Major i.G.
16.02.1941: Ia, Stab, Koluft Pz.Gruppe 1
27.11.1941: transferred to 4. Abt., Genst.d.Lw. as Referent
11.05.1942: Ob.d.L. / RLM pool and ordered temporary duty to OKH to attend a general staff course
13.12.1942: Ia, Stab, Fliegerführer Atlantik
01.03.1943: Major, Ia in Stab, Fliegerführer Atlantik, transferred into the Generalstab d. Lw. effective this date
01.10.1943(01.12.43?): promoted to Oberstleutnant
01.04.1944: Obstlt., Chef d.Genst., X. Fliegerkorps
01.09.1944: transferred to the Lehrstab, Luftkriegsakademie and appointed an instructor
01.10.1944: Obstlt., unspecified Fl.Korps awarded the DKiG
00.00.1945: Verb.Offz. for Lw.Genstab Chef, Ob. Befehlshaber d. Fsch. AOK

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