Hessen-Kassel, Prinz von, Christoph Ernst A.

Date of birth:: May 14th, 1901 (Frankfurt am Main, German Empire)
Date of death:: October 7th, 1943 (Flori, Italy)
Buried on:: Burgkapelle Kronberg
Service number:: NSDAP-nr. 1.498.608 / SS-nr. 696.176
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Prince Christoph von Hesse-Kassel was killed in an air crash.

Promotions:
June 12, 1933: SS-Sturmführer
April 20th, 1934: SS-Sturmhauptführer
June 21, 1934: SS-Sturmbannführer
June 1st, 1939: SS-Oberführer
October 1939: Leutnant
May 1st, 1940: Oberleutnant
September 1st, 1940: Hauptmann
April 1943: Major

Military career:
February 1932: Member of the Algemeine-SS
1933-1935: Secretary to Paul Körner
April 10, 1935: Leiter des Forschungsamtes
1939: Volunteers in the Luftwaffe
November 1939 - May 1940: Generalkommando des II. Fliegerkorps
From June 1940: Transferred with the II. Fliegerkorps to the eastern front

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Julleuchter der SS

Rank:: SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:: Forschungsamtes
Awarded on:: December 16th, 1935

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: II. Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: May 15th, 1940
Awarded for:: Operation Fall Gelb

Presumably for his assistance in planning the bombing of Eindhoven and Rotterdam. He himself did not fly any sorties.

Presented by Generalleutnant Bruno Loerzer.