(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Flieger Veit Fischer
Born: 18 May 1890 in Landshut, Isar
Died: 30 Oct 1966 in Prien
Promotions:
Fähnrich (07 Jul 1909); Leutnant (07 Mar 1912); Oberleutnant (09 Jul 1915); Hauptmann (22 Aug 1919); Polizei-Hauptmann (1920); Polizei-Major (1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1935); Oberst (01 Apr 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1940); General der Flieger (01 Jun 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fähnrich and Battery-Officer in the 8th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Jul 1909-26 Sep 1914)
Detached to the War School Munich (01 Oct 1910-26 Sep 1911)
Detached to the Bavarian Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Battalions-Ordinance-Officer in the 8th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Sep 1914-28 Sep 1914)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 18th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (29 Dec 1914-14 Mar 1915)
Detached to the 9th Bavarian Flying-Battalion (15 Mar 1915-26 Jul 1915)
Detached Carrier-Pigeon-Battalion O (BAO) and a stay in the War Hospital Sedan I (27 Jul 1915-16 Dec 1915)
Observer-Training with the Bavarian Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schleißheim (17 Dec 1915-27 Mar 1916)
Observer with the 34th Combat-Squadron (28 Mar 1916-23 Jul 1916)
Leader of the 38th Combat-Squadron (24 Jul 1916-05 Sep 1916)
Observer with the 34th Combat-Squadron (06 Sep 1916-30 Oct 1916)
Radio-Operator-Training with the Bavarian Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schleißheim (31 Oct 1916-29 Jan 1917)
Detached to Radio-Training at Neuruppin (30 Jan 1917-16 Feb 1917)
Detached to Radio-Training at Warsaw (17 Feb 1917-19 Mar 1917)
Observer with the Flying-Battalion A 288 (20 Mar 1917-08 Apr 1917)
Photographic-Officer with the Staff of the Commander Of Flying C (09 Apr 1917-10 Jul 1917)
Observer with the Flying-Battalion ‘Pascha II’ (11 Jul 1917-30 Aug 1917)
Observer with the Flying-Battalion 304 b (31 Aug 1917-08 Sep 1918)
Detached to the 1st Bavarian Flying-Replacement-Battalion the Observers-School Schleißheim (09 Sep 1918-28 Oct 1918)
Leader of the Mountain-Flying-Battalion Traunstein (29 Oct 1918-01 Dec 1918)
Detached to Flight-Position-Command Sonthofen (02 Dec 1918-25 Apr 1919)
With the Sniper-Troops of Freikorps Schwaben (26 Apr 1919-02 May 1919)
With the Processing-Command of the Airbase Schleißheim (03 May 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Observer with the Reichswehr-Airbase Schleißheim (01 Oct 1919-14 May 1920)
With the 242nd Motor-Transport-Column (15 May 1920-1920)
Transferred to Police Service with the Bavarian Air-Police, Schleißheim (1920-31 Dec 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Flying-Vice-Commodore in Camp Lechfeld (01 Jan 1935-31 Mar 1935)
Commander of the Flying-Schools Perleberg and Gotha (01 Apr 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Commander of the Flying-School (Territorial) Neuruppin (01 Apr 1936-28 Feb 1937)
Higher Training Commander III (01 Mar 1937-30 Sep 1937)
Inspector of Pilot-Schools, RLM (01 Oct 1937-28 Feb 1941)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 2 (01 Mar 1941-28 Apr 1941)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 1 (29 Apr 1941-22 Oct 1941)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region Moscow (23 Oct 1941-31 Mar 1943)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region XXVII, Minsk (01 Apr 1943-14 Aug 1944)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region VIII, Breslau then Prague (15 Aug 1944-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-07 Oct 1955)
Released (07 Oct 1955)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz zum Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern: am 15.07.1944 als General der Flieger und Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber im Feld-Luftgau XXVII (Minsk)
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 21.12.1942 als General der Flieger und Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber im Luftgau Moskau
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 03.09.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Gemeinsames Flugzeugführer- und Beobachter-Abzeichen
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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