Date of birth:

March 8th, 1893 (Steinbeck-Ancker/Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

July 2nd, 1940 (Chateaudun/Centre, France)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Champigny-St.-André
Plot: 16. Grave: 657.

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
February 17th, 1914: Fähnrich;
August 8th, 1914: Leutnant;
July 1st, 1922: Leutnant (RDA: December 24th, 1914);
June 1st, 1924: Oberleutnant;
November 23rd, 1929: Hauptmann;
October 1st, 1933: Hauptmann (RDA: February 1st, 1929);
October 1st, 1934: Major;
October 1st, 1936: Oberstleutnant;
January 1st, 1939: Oberst;
July 7th, 1944: Generalmajor (RDA July 1st, 1940, posthumously).

Career:
June 20th, 1913: Zugführer, Infanterie-Regiment 147;
July 21st, 1915: Beobachter, Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 11;
?: Beobachter, Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 4;
October 9th, 1915: Armeeflugpark 10;
December 7th, 1915: Flieger-Abteilung 47;
July 23rd, 1917: Adjutant, Artillerieflieger-Schule Ost;
April 28th, 1919: Armeeflugpark 4;
May 5th, 1918: Preussisches Schutzstaffel 13;
July 5th, 1918: Stab, Kommandeur der Flieger 9;
September 14th, 1918: Staffelkapitän, Preussisches Schutzstaffel 13;
November 24th, 1918: Lehrer, Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 5;
June 4th, 1919: Flieger-Abteilung 409;
September 1st, 1919: Adjutant, Fliegerhorst Königsberg;
October 1st, 1920: Infanterie-Regiment 1, Reichswehr;
July 31st, 1928: honorable discharge;
November 1st, 1930: Geheime Fliegerliste, Heer;
October 1st, 1933: Referent, Inspektion der Schulen, RLM;
July 1st, 1934: Lehrer, Grosse Kampffliegerschule Prenzlau;
September 24th, 1934: Lehrgangsleiter, Grosse Kampffliegerschule Prenzlau;
January 1st, 1936: Kommandeur, Grosse Kampffliegerschule Prenzlau;
March 12th, 1936: Kampfgeschwader 254 / Kommandeur Fliegerhorst Delmenhorst;
April 1st, 1936: Kommandeur, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 154;
March 14th, 1937: Kommandeur, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 157;
March 1st, 1937: m.d.F.b. LKS Dresden;
June 1st, 1937: Lehrgangsleiter, LKS Dresden;
October 1st, 1938: LKS Gatow;
March 1st, 1939: Chef des Stabes, Alteilung L, 10/RLM;
August 15th, 1939: Ia, Stab, Kommandeur der Luftwaffe, Heeresgruppe Süd;
October 7th, 1939: Ia, Stab, Kommandeur der Luftwaffe, Heeresgruppe B;
November 5th, 1939: Kommandeur der Luftwaffe (Koluft), 18. Armee;
January 1st, 1940: Kommandeur der Luftwaffe (Koluft), Heeresgrupp B;
June 1st, 1940: Kommandeur der Luftwaffe (Koluft), 12. Armee;
July 2nd, 1940: killed in air crash (Focke-Wulf Fw 58, NG+LI).

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