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Adler, Hermann (Generalmajor)

    Date of birth:
    November 22nd, 1890 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
    Date of death:
    January 26th, 1967 (Junkersdorf/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
    Service number:
    NSDAP Nr.: 859.538 //
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Promotions:
    August 1914: Vizefeldwebel der Reserve;
    January 30th, 1915: Leutnant der Reserve;
    March 1st, 1935: Hauptmann;
    October 1st, 1936: Major;
    August 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant;
    April 1st, 1942: Oberst;
    April 1st, 1945: Generalmajor.

    Career:
    October 1st, 1910 - September 30th, 1911: Infanterie-Regiment 67;
    August 1914: Infanterie-Regiment 95;
    October 1st, 1915 - February 15th, 1919: Fliegertruppe;
    March 1st, 1935 - January 31st, 1935: zur Verfügung Fliegerhorstkommandantur Grossenhain;
    February 1st, 1936: Referent Abteilung LP und LWehr, Reichsluftfahrtministerium;
    January 16th, 1940: Referent/Gruppenleiter/Abteilungsleiter, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht;
    October 1st, 1943: Stab 1. Flieger-Division;
    February 1st, 1944: Flieger-Regiment 51;
    March 6th, 1944 - April 2nd, 1944: Kommandeurslehrgang;
    April 3rd, 1944: Flieger-Regiment 51;
    June 6th, 1944: Kommandeur Flieger-Regment 93;
    September 8th, 1944: Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Regiment "Adler";
    April 10th, 1945: Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 163;
    May 22nd, 1945: Kommandeur Marsch-Regiment "Adler";
    June 14th, 1945: Internment;
    July 24th, 1945 - December 2nd, 1946: British POW.

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    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Awarded on:
    1934
    Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
    Awarded on:
    October 2nd, 1936
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre

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