Date of birth:

October 7th, 1906 (Bayreuth/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

April 6th, 1994 (Krailling/Munich, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
August 1st, 1926: Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter;
November 1st, 1926: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier;
September 1st, 1927: Fähnrich;
August 1st, 1928: Oberfähnrich;
December 1st, 1928: Leutnant;
December 1st, 1932: Oberleutnant;
March 1st, 1936: Hauptmann;
June 1st, 1940: Major;
April 1st, 1942: Oberstleutnant;
September 1st, 1943: Oberst im Generalstab (RDA: -10-);
April 1st, 1945: Generalmajor.

Career:
April 7th, 1925: Infanterie-Regiment 21;
November 18th, 1926 - August 31st, 1927: I. Lehrgang, Infanterieschule;
October 15th, 1927 - August 12th, 1928: II. Lehrgang, Infanterieschule;
June 1st, 1933 - September 3rd, 1933: on leave – language-Studies in Russia;
September 4th, 1933 - July 31st, 1935: Wachoffizier, Kriegsschule Dresden;
October 15th, 1935: Adjutanten-Lehrgang, Kriegsschule Potsdam;
October 6th, 1936: Generalstabslehrgang, Kriegsakademie;
August 1st, 1938: RLM/Oberkommando der Luftwaffe;
August 22nd, 1938: Luftkriegsakademie, Berlin-Gatow
September 1st, 1938: Stab, 5. Flieger-Division;
November 1st, 1938: Ia, 5. Flieger-Division;
August 26th, 1939: Ia, V. Fliegerkorps;
March 11th, 1940: Generalstab, Luftwaffenkommando III;
March 13th, 1940: Ia, Nahkampfleiter II;
June 3rd, 1940: I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55;
July 3rd, 1940: II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55;
July 13th, 1940: Stab, Kampfgeschwader 55;
July 27th, 1940: Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55;
October 28th, 1940: Ia, IV. Fliegerkorps;
March 25th, 1941: Ia, V. Fliegerkorps;
April 10th, 1942: Leiter Stab I, Luftkommando 6;
February 26th, 1943: Stabchef, Luftkommando 6;
May 11th, 1943: Stabchef, Luftflotte 6;
May 8th, 1945 - December 22nd, 1947: POW.

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• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• - DETLEV NIEMANN, Bewertungs-Katalog Deutchland 1871-1945, Niemann Verlag, Hamburg, 2008.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
  - Beförderung Generalmajor
  - Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945