(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Flieger Werner Kreipe
Born: 12 Apr 1904 in Hannover
Died: 07 Sep 1967 in Badenweiler
Promotions:
Fähnrich (01 Oct 1924); Oberfähnrich (01 Aug 1925); Leutnant (01 Dec 1925); Oberleutnant (01 Sep 1928); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1934); Major (01 Apr 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1940); Oberst (01 Apr 1942); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1943); Generalleutnant (01 Jul 1944); General der Flieger (01 Sep 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1922-31 Oct 1928)
Detached to the Artillery-School (01 Nov 1924-19 Aug 1925)
Retired (31 Oct 1928)
Secret Flying-Training Abroad (01 Nov 1928-31 May 1930)
Reactivated to Army Service and Detached to the RWM (01 Jun 1930-30 Jun 1930)
Battery-Officer in the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1930-31 Jan 1931)
Welfare-Officer of the IV. (Mounted) Battalion of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Detached to the Artillery School (01 Oct 1932-30 Apr 1933)
Transferred into Battalion A of the Artillery-School (01 May 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1934-31 Oct 1935)
At the same time, Detached to the Flying-School Kitzingen (10 Jul 1935-27 Jul 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, Detached to the Air War Academy (01 Nov 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Detached for Service in the Luftwaffe General Staff (01 Apr 1936-29 Jun 1936)
With the Staff of the State-Secretary in the RLM (30 Jun 1936-19 Apr 1937)
In the Luftwaffe General Staff (20 Apr 1937-31 Oct 1938)
Detached for Information to the Navigation-School Anklam (27 Jun 1938-03 Jul 1938)
Detached for Information to the Blind-Flying-School Brandis (04 Jul 1938-13 Aug 1938)
Detached to I. Group of Bomber-Wing 157 ‘Boelcke’ (06 Sep 1938-23 Sep 1938)
Commander of Reconnaissance-Group 122 and Air-Base-Commandant Goslar (01 Nov 1938-04 Dec 1939)
With the Staff of Bomber-Wing 2 (05 Dec 1939-28 Feb 1940)
Commander of III. Group of Bomber-Wing 2 (01 Mar 1940-24 Jun 1940)
Department-Chief in the RLM, Training-Affairs (25 Jun 1940-23 Feb 1941)
Leader of the Operations-Department (I) in the General-Staff of Air-Fleet 3 (24 Feb 1941-06 Nov 1941)
Chief Of The General Staff of the I. Flying-Corps (07 Nov 1941-23 Aug 1942)
Chief Of The General Staff of Luftwaffe-Command Don (24 Aug 1942-20 Oct 1942)
Detached to the Chief of Training-Affairs in the RLM (21 Oct 1942-02 Nov 1942)
Chief Of Staff of the Chief of Training Affairs in the RLM (03 Nov 1942-20 Jul 1943)
General Of Flying, RLM (21 Jul 1943-01 Aug 1944)
Acting Chief Of The General Staff of the Luftwaffe (02 Aug 1944-28 Oct 1944)
Commander of the Air War Academy (01 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Leader of the Aviation Department in the Federal Traffic Ministry, Bonn (1943-1967)

Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 29.06.1942 als Oberst i.G. und Chef des Generalstabs des I. Fliegerkorps
- 1939 EK I
- 1939 EK II
- Blutorden der NSDAP
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Frontflugspange


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