Date of birth:

February 19th, 1896 (Rheine/Western Phalia, Germany)

Date of death:

May 22nd, 1967 (Bad Godesberg/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Service number:

NSDAP Nr.: 345.013

Nationality:

German

Also found under Karl August or Karl Alfred.

10.08.1914: entered the Heer
00.00.1914-00.01.1916: served in the Artillerie then with the Seeflieger
00.01.1916: transferred to the Reichsmarine as a Seeflieger
05.07.1917: began flight training with the I. Seeflieger-Abt. 12
00.10.1917: transferred to Seefliegerstations Wyk, then Föhr, then Apenrade, Ösel and Bug
17.03.1918: promoted to Leutnant zur See
21.05.1918: BeobachtungsOffizier aboard the Answald
25.09.1918: Gross Flugzeugstaffel Ostsee
00.11.1918: Seefliegerstation Holtenau
01.03.1933: entry into the Luftwaffe with a rank of Oberleutnant and appointed to Stab, DVS Berlin
01.10.1933: promoted to Hauptmann
01.05.1934: transferred to the Inspektion der Fliegerschulen
01.07.1934: ordered to Flugzeugführerschule Land
15.10.1934: ordered to Infanterie-Lehrgang Döberitz
15.12.1934: Kompanie-Chef in Flieger-Abt. 16 (See), Holtenau
01.08.1936: promoted to Major and Staka with Fl.H. Jever and in JGr. 136 Pilsen
29.09.1937-31.10.1938: Kdr., I./ Kü.JGr. 136
01.11.1938-30.04.1939: Kdr., II./ JG 333
01.03.1939: promoted to Oberstleutnant
01.05.1939-30.11.1939: Kdr., II./ JG 77 and concurrently Kdr., Fl.H. Pilsen
12.11.1939-05.01.1942: Kommodore JG 1
18.12.1939: Oberstleutnant, Stab, JG 1
21.12.1939-01.09.1941: concurrently Jagdfliegerführer 1, Deutsche Bucht
27.12.1939: Obstlt., Stab/ JG 1
19.07.1940: promoted to Oberst
21.07.1940: awarded Ritterkreuz, Kommodore JG 1
08.04.1941: Obstlt., Kommodore JG 1 unhurt in an accident - Bf 109 E landing at Rom airfield
08.11.1941: mistakenly shot down a Finnish de Havilland Dragon and was relieved of command
01.09. or 01.11.1941: Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen
10.01. or 16.02.1942-30.04.1942: acting Kommodore JG 5
27.02.1943: Führerreserve Ob.d.L. pending assignment, ordered to the Dt.Lw.-Mission in Rumänien
01.05. or 01.06.1943-00.03.1944: Leiter der Flieger-Lehrstab d.Dt.Lw.-Mission in Rumänien
01.01.1944: promoted to Generalmajor
01.04.1944: Stab, Luftgau-Kdo. XI, Hamburg
00.10.1944: went on sick leave
30.01.1945-07.05.1945: Chef NS-Führungsstab / OKL
07.05.1945: captured at Berchtesgaden
08.05.1945: US captivity
18.07.1945: Generalmajor, Chef NS Führ.St. , held by the Americans of the Allied Control Commission - last known whereabouts: London
Credited with circa 160 combat missions and 2 air victories during the course of the war
01.08.1945: shipped "overseas"
01.04.1947: released
00.00.1951: began employment with the Olympia typewriter company
00.00.1953-00.00.1963: elected representative in the Sachsen regional government
22.05.1967: died, his ashes were scattered in the North Sea

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• - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
  - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945