(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Dipl.Ing. Alfred Dürr
Born: 11 Feb 1888 in Ulm
Died: 30 May 1952 in Karlsruhe
Diploma In Engineering: 11 Nov 1920
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Feb 1907); Leutnant (22 Nov 1907); Oberleutnant (18 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (18 Dec 1915); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1938); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1944)
Career:
Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment (30 Jun 1906-30 Jun 1914)
At the same time, Detached to Field-Artillery-Firing-School, Jüterbog (01 Oct 1909-31 Jan 1910)
At the same time, Battalion-Adjutant in the 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1913)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1913-30 Jun 1914)
Aircraft-Observer-Training in Döberitz (01 Jul 1914-31 Jul 1914)
Detached to the Flying-Station Metz (01 Aug 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 5 (02 Aug 1914-25 Aug 1914)
Observer with the 25th Field-Flying-Battalion (26 Aug 1914-21 Apr 1915)
Detached to Radio-Instruction-Command Döberitz (09 Feb 1915-08 Mar 1915)
Adjutant of the Staff-Officers of Flying 5 (22 Apr 1915-29 Sep 1915)
Officer with Special Duties with the 203rd Artillery-Flying-Battalion (30 Sep 1915-27 Dec 1915)
Leader of the 216th Flying-Battalion (28 Dec 1915-12 Sep 1916)
Instructor at the Artillery-Observer-School Jüterbog (13 Sep 1916-15 Jan 1917)
Delegated with the Leadership of the Radio-Instruction-Battalion Stolp (16 Jan 1917-08 Jul 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the Commander of Flying 7 and with the Radio-Instruction-Battalion Stolp (09 Jul 1917-28 Aug 1918)
Temporary-Leader of the Flying-Battalion A 248 (29 Aug 1918-30 Sep 1918)
Leader of the 39th Flying-Battalion (01 Oct 1918-05 Dec 1918)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment and Placed to its Disposal (06 Dec 1918-03 Jan 1920)
Studies at the Technical College Stuttgart (08 Dec 1918-11 Nov 1920)
Retired (03 Jan 1920)
Entered the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (fully activated on 01 Dec 1941) and at Course at the Air-Signals-School, Halle/Saale (01 Feb 1935-18 Apr 1935)
Advisor and Group-Director in the RLM, then Liaison-Officer of the Luftwaffe with the Reichs Postal Minister (19 Apr 1935-28 Feb 1938)
Commander of the Air-Signals-Construction-Staff with the Chief of Communication-Affairs, RLM (01 Mar 1938-29 Apr 1940)
At the same time, Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command I and Commander of the 1st Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (19 Jun 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Course-Commander at the Air-Signals-School, Halle/Saale (01 Mar 1940-30 Apr 1940)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command Norway (01 May 1940-27 Dec 1940)
Commander of the 7th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment and Signals-Leader with the Staff of Air-Region-Command VII (29 Dec 1940-25 Mar 1941)
Air-Signals-Equipment-Inspector with the Chief of the Communication-Affairs of the Luftwaffe, RLM (26 Mar 1941-31 Mar 1944)
Signals-Equipment-Inspector with the General-Signals-Leader of the Luftwaffe, RLM (01 Apr 1944-08 May 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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