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Schürmeyer, Fritz (Aufklärungsgruppe)

Date of birth:
May 15th, 1913 (Quedlinburg)
Date of death:
October 8th, 1982 (Göttingen)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Alternate spelling: Schuermeyer

01.04.1933: entered service with the Landespolizei
24.03.1934: received the Lw. advanced flying certificate
01.05.1935: transferred to the Luftwaffe and appointed military training leader at Fliegerschule Braunschweig
01.10.1935: transferred to Aufkl.Gr. 125 (Würzburg) as a Beobachter (observer)
01.04.1936: transferred to Aufkl.Lehr-Stab Jüterbog as a Beobachter
01.11.1936: Adjutant in Stab, Aufkl.Lehr-Gruppe Jüterbog
01.11.1938: Adjutant in 3.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L.
01.02.1939-17.03.1941: Oblt., Staka 3.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L.
01.10.1940: Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 3.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr, Ob.d.L.
18.03.1941: Ic, Stab, Fliegerführer Atlantik
01.04.1941: promoted to Hauptmann
04.01.1942-14.08.1943: Ia, op 1 in Stab, Oberbefehlshaber Süd (a.k.a. Luftflotte 2)
01.10.1942: accepted into the Generalstab d.Lw. (did not attend the Luftkriegsakademie)
23.12.1942: Ia, Fliegerführer 2 (a.k.a. Fliegerführer Tunis)
01.03.1943-15.08.1943: Stab, Oberbefehlshaber Süd
15.08.1943-00.02.1944: Hptm. i.G., Qu. in Stab, IX. Fliegerkorps
01.09.1943: promoted to Major i.G.
06.02.1944-15.02.1945: Ia, IX. Fliegerkorps
00.04.1945: Major i.G., Ia, Flieg./ Luftflotte 6
Oberstleutnant i.G.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 3.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe O.b.d.L., Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 1st, 1940
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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