Date of birth:

July 21st, 1913 (Breslau, Germany)

Date of death:

February 5th, 1973 (Euskirchen, Bonn, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Sometimes mistakenly written 'Schwanenberg'

00.10.1931: entered the Reichswehr
01.04.1935: transferred from the Heer to the Luftwaffe
01.03.1937: promoted to Leutnant RDA 01.04.35
01.06.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant.
00.00.1941: instructor at FFS (C) 13
00.00.1941: instructor at FFS 5 (?)
00.00.1941: flying instructor at FFS A/B 116 Neudorf
00.12.1941: Oberleutnant, appointed Staka 3./ K-Gr.z.b.V. 500
00.00.1942: appointed Staka within K-Gr.z.b.V. 300
03.08.1942: Oberleutnant, 3./ K-Gr.z.b.V. 500, awarded the Ehrenpokal
00.08.1942: promoted to Hauptmann - RDA 01.03.42
00.09.1942: Gruppenkommandeur - KG z.b.V. Wittstock
08.12.1942: Oberleutnant, Staka 3./ K-Gr.z.b.V. 500, awarded DKiG, 3./ K-Gr.z.b.V. 500
00.01.1943-01.03.1943: Hauptmann, appointed Kdr. - K-Gr.z.b.V. Wittstock
00.02.1943: Kdr.- K-Gr.z.b.V. 300
00.00.1943-00.05.1943: appointed Staka within KGr.z.b.V. 4
00.05.1943: appointed Staka 2./ Transport-Geschwader 3
26.03.1944: Hauptmann, awarded Ritterkreuz, as Staka 2./ TG 3, after over 400 Frontflüge
00.00.1944: appointed Auffsicht Offz. LKS 4 Fürstenfeldbruck
00.00.1944: Staka within Frontfliegersammelgruppe
01.01.1945: promoted to Major
00.00.1945: NS Führungsstab / OKL
00.00.1945: Stab des Generalbevollmächtigen für den Ausbau von
Flugplatzen
01.05.1945-01.10.1945: US POW
Postwar, employed a few years as a newspaper journalist
01.08.1956: entered the Bundeswehr as Major
28.06.1957: awarded the Falschirmspringer badge
00.08.1957-15.05.1958: served in the Truppenamt des Heeres as Referent für Luftwaffenfragen
01.10.1958: promoted to Oberstleutnant
30.09.1969: retired from the Bundeswehr as an Obstlt

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