Milch, Erhard (Generalfeldmarschall)
- Date of birth:
- March 30th, 1892 (Wilhelmshaven/Nedersaksen, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 25th, 1972 (WuppertalNoordrijn-Westfalen, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Alfred Erhard Richard Oscar Milch, brother of Werner Milch (1903-1984)
Promotions:
August 18th, 1911: Leutnant (RDA: August 20th, 1909);
August 18th, 1915: Oberleutnant;
August 18th, 1918: Hauptmann;
October 28th, 1933: Oberst;
March 24th, 1934: Generalmajor;
March 28th, 1935: Generalleutnant (RDA: April 1st, 1936);
January 30th, 1936: General der Flieger;
November 1st, 1938: Generaloberst;
July 19th, 1940: Generalfeldmarschall.
Career:
February 24th, 1910: Heer;
1910 - 1914: Artillerie;
August 19th, 1915: Beobachter, Artillerie-Flieger-Abteilung 205;
August 28th, 1915: Beobachter, Artillerie-Flieger-Abteilung A 204;
June 15th, 1916: Adjutant, Artillerie-Fliegerschule Ost I;
July 4th, 1917: Armeeflugpark 6;
July 9th,1917: stellvertretender Führer, Flieger-Abteilng 5;
July 30th, 1917: Bildungsoffizier, Fliegergruppenführer 2;
April 9th, 1918: Anwärter für Grossen Generalstab, Armeeflugpark 17;
April 23rd, 1918: Heer;
1919: Freikorps;
1919: Polizei;
January 31st, 1920: entlassung Heer;
February 1920: Junkers AG;
November 1921 - December 1925: Haupt Direktor Junkers AG;
January 30th, 1933: Reichsheer;
February 2nd, 1933: stellvertretender Reichskommissar für Luftfahrt;
May 5th, 1933: Staatssekretär RLM;
April 20th, 1936: Luftwaffe;
February 1st, 1939: Generalinspektor der Luftwaffe / vertreter des Reichsministers der Luftfahrt / vertreter des Oberbefehlshabers der Luftwaffe;
April 12th, 1940: Oberbefehlshaber Luftflotte 5;
November 19th, 1941: Generalluftzeugmeister;
1942: Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates / Präsident der Deutschen Lufthansa AG, Berlin;
January 19th,1943: Führer der Transportverbände Stalingrad;
October 1st, 1944: wounded in a car crash near Arnhem;
February 1st, 1945: Führerreserve OKL;
May 4th, 1945: British POW;
April 17th, 1947: sentenced to life imprisonment due to war crimes;
January 31st, 1951: sentence changed to 15 years imprisonment;
June 28th, 1954: released;
?: Consultant, Thyssen Steel Company.
Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1919
Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Grand'Ufficiale
- Awarded on:
- June 1933
Order of Civil Merit 2nd Class
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1933
Basilikon Tagma toy Phoinikos - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- May 1934
Stern des Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes
- Awarded on:
- July 27th, 1934
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 15th, 1934
- Awarded on:
- March 30th, 1935
- Awarded on:
- May 27th, 1935
With swords
Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristi (SVR SR)
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1935
Order of St. Sava 1st Class
- Awarded on:
- June 30th, 1935
Großkreuz des Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1935
With swords
Magyar Érdemrend Nagykeresztje
- Awarded on:
- October 1935
- Awarded on:
- August 16th, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1937
Gran Oficial Orden del Merito
- Awarded on:
- March 3rd, 1937
- Awarded on:
- October 1937
Zuiho sho, 1st Class
- Awarded on:
- December 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Flieger (Air Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1938
- Awarded on:
- January 1938
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (Air Chief Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- November 21st, 1938
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (Air Chief Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- May 22nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (Air Chief Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (Air Chief Marshall)
- Unit:
- Generalinspekteur der Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (Air Chief Marshall)
- Unit:
- Generalinspekteur der Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1939
Grootkruis in de Orde van Leopold II
- Awarded on:
- December 18th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst
- Unit:
- Staatssekretär im Reichsluftfahrtministerium und Chef der Luftflotte 5
- Awarded on:
- May 4th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Gareth Collins
- - Kröll F., Der Prozess gegen Erhard Milch, In: Ueberschär G., Der Nationalsozialismus vor Gericht, Frankfurt, 1999
- Rigg B.M., Hitlers jüdische Soldaten, Paderborn, 2003
- Axis Biographical Research
- Nachlass Erhard Milch
Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? TracesOfWar.com tells you more!
More information
© STIWOT, 1999-2024. All rights reserved. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright