Date of birth:

November 26th, 1901 (Waldau/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

April 20th, 1987 (Duddenhausen/Lowersaxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
?: Hauptmann;
August 15th, 1939: Major;
April 1st, 1942: Oberst.

Career:
April 29th, 1919: Artillerie, Heer;
1933 - 1935: Sportinstuktor, Heeres-Sportschule;
April 1st, 1935: Luftwaffe;
December 1st, 1936: 2. Generalstabs-Lehrgang, Luftkriegsakademie
Berlin-Gatow;
January 1st, 1938: Inspekteur der Flak, RLM gruppe, Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe;
October 1st, 1938: Generalquartiermeister, Generalstab der Luftwaffe;
March 16th, 1939: Jagdfliegerschule Werneuchen;
August 26th, 1939: verbindungsoffizier Generalquartiermeister, Stab, Lauftgaukommando VIII;
October 5th, 1939: Quartiermeister, Stab, II. Flakkorps;
September 21st, 1940: Lehrer, Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow;
February 16th, 1941: Generalstab, Luftflotte 2;
June 27th, 1941: Oberquartiermeister, Luftflotte 2;
?: Generalstab Oberbefehlshaber Süd;
November 1st, 1942: Führerreserve RLM/Ob.d.L.;
March 25th,1943: Oberquartiermeister, Stab, Fliegerführer Tunis;
September 25th, 1943: Fallschirmschule II;
February 21st, 1944: Kommodore Kampfgeschwader 200;
December 1944 - March 1945: Kommandeur, Fallschirmjäger-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 3 "Hermann Göring";
1945 - 1950: Soviet POW.

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section G-K, Version: 01.04.2023., By: Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey