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Martin, Adolf (KG 30)

Date of birth:
February 5th, 1920 (Koblenz, Germany)
Date of death:
November 19th, 2004 (Kaufbeuren, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

00.10.1937-00.03.1938: RAD
05.04.1938: entered the Wehrmacht - 3. FEA 14 - Detmold then FEA - Quackenbrück
01.04.1939: promoted to Gefreiter
00.04.1940-00.11.1940: FFS A+B - Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 43
01.11.1940: promoted to Unteroffizier
00.11.1940-00.06.1941: FFS C 8 - Wiener Neustadt
00.06.1941-00.07.1941: Blindflug-Schule - Enzheim
00.08.1941-00.04.1942: Kpf-Flg-Schule 1 - Thorn
01.12.1941: promoted to Feldwebel
00.04.1942-00.08.1942: Flugzeugführer, IV./ KG 30 - Ludwigslust
00.08.1942-00.06.1943: Flugzeugführer, Erprobungs-Staffel / KG 30
00.07.1943-00.10.1943: OA, LKS - FFB
00.10.1943-00.12.1944: FLB, IV./ KG 100
01.12.1943: promoted to Leutnant
00.12.1944: Ausbildungs-Leiter - Schwabisch-Hall then Staka Giebelstadt
00.01.1945: KG (J) 54 - Neuburg an der Donau - Schleuse
training on the Me-262 at Alt-Lönnewitz then at Prag
01.01.1945: promoted to Oberleutnant
07.05.1945: Saaz/Žatec, Czech Republic
08.05.1945-15.05.1945: US POW - Tepel - Grafenwöhr
02.07.1956: entered the Bundeswehr as Oberleutnant
08.01.1957: promoted to Hauptmann
25.05.1961: promoted to Major
31.01.1966: promoted to Oberstleutnant
26.04.1971: promoted to Oberst
31.03.1979: retired

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