(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Flieger Georg Rieke
Born: 27 Jan 1894 in Hameln
Died: 02 Nov 1970 in Bad Pyrmont
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (23 Nov 1914); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (05 Dec 1914); Fähnrich (16 Mar 1915); Leutnant (25 Apr 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Charakter als Hauptmann (31 Jul 1929); Rittmeister (01 Oct 1931); Major (01 Dec 1934); Oberstleutnant (18 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1938); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Sep 1943); General der Flieger (01 Mar 1945)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the 164th Infantry-Regiment (06 Aug 1914-17 Jan 1915)
Detached to Officer-Aspirant-Course in Döberitz (15 Oct 1914-10 Dec 1914)
Company-Officer and Temporary Company-Leader in the 260th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (18 Jan 1915-23 May 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (23 May 1915-29 Aug 1915)
Company-Officer with the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (30 Aug 1915-14 Dec 1915)
Company-Leader in the 260th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (15 Dec 1915-30 Jun 1916)
Flight-Student with the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Jul 1916-03 Oct 1916)
Taken ill, in Hospital (04 Oct 1916-17 Oct 1916)
Flight-Student with the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (18 Oct 1916-24 Nov 1916)
Observer-Training with the 10th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (25 Nov 1916-13 Jan 1917)
Detached to Observer-Course with Test-Flight-Park East (14 Jan 1917-28 Feb 1917)
Observer in the Combat-Wing 4 of the Supreme Army Command (01 Mar 1917-11 Dec 1918)
Detached to Flying-Radio-Operator-Institute, Neuruppin (12 Dec 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Adjutant of Air-Base Neuruppin (01 Apr 1919-15 Oct 1919)
Command-Leader and Leader of the Processing-Office of the Air-Base Schwerin (16 Oct 1919-11 Feb 1920)
Company-Officer in the 19th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (12 Feb 1920-31 Mar 1920)
With Air-Base Paderborn (01 Apr 1920-13 May 1920)
Company-Officer with the 7th Brigade-Motor-Transport-Battalion (14 May 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Officer in the 110th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1923)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1926)
At the same time, Detached to the 3rd Weapons-School-Course in Dresden (08 Apr 1926-20 Aug 1926)
Platoon-Leader in the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-31 May 1927)
Battalion-Signals-Officer in the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1927-31 Jul 1929)
At the same time, Acting-Battalion-Adjutant in the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-31 Dec 1927)
Retired (31 Jul 1929)
Secret Flying-Training in the USSR (01 Aug 1929-30 Sep 1931)
Reactivated to Army Service as Squadron-Chief in the 2nd Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1931-30 Jun 1933)
Retired (30 Jun 1933)
Secret Flying-Training in Italy (01 Jul 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Entered Luftwaffe Service As Officer with Special Duties with the Inspection of Schools, RLM (01 Oct 1933-09 Oct 1933)
Leader of the Luftwaffe-Distance-School Berlin-Tempelhof (10 Oct 1933-31 Jan 1934)
Leader of Distance-Squadron 1, Berlin-Tempelhof (01 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934)
Leader of Distance-Squadron 2, Berlin-Tempelhof (01 May 1934-30 Apr 1934)
Squadron-Captain in Bomber-Wing 154 ‘Boelcke’ (01 Jul 1934-20 Mar 1935)
Group-Leader with the Infantry-Courses in Königsbrück (21 Mar 1935-31 Aug 1935)
Advisor and Group-Leader in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Sep 1935-31 Jan 1939)
Department-Chief PL IA in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Feb 1939-22 Mar 1943)
Detached to the Staff of the 10th Flying-Division (23 Mar 1943-14 May 1943)
Commander of the 10th Flying-Division (15 May 1943-31 Dec 1943)
Commander of the 1st Flying-Training-Division (01 Jan 1944-30 Apr 1944)
Standing Representative of the Chief of the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Apr 1944-05 Feb 1945)
Commander of the Flying-Supplemental-Division (06 Feb 1945-19 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity (19 Apr 1945-10 Mar 1947)
Released (10 Mar 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Fürstl. Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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