(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Flieger Erich Quade
Born: 12 May 1883 in Görken, East Prussia (Ostpreußen)
Died: 08 Sep 1959 in Göttingen
Promotions:
Fähnrich (24 Apr 1904); Leutnant (27 Jan 1905); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1914); Hauptmann (18 Apr 1915); Major (01 Feb 1926); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1930); Oberst (01 Feb 1933); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1936); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Charakter als General der Flieger (31 Mar 1939); General der Flieger (01 Sep 1940)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Officer-Candidate in the 5th Grenadier-Regiment (19 Sep 1903-26 Jan 1905)
Company-Officer in the 151st Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan 1905-30 Sep 1910)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 151st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-19 Jul 1912)
Transferred into the 168th Infantry-Regiment (20 Jul 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Adjutant of District-Command Friedberg, Hesse (01 Oct 1913-09 Aug 1914)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 16th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (10 Aug 1914-28 Aug 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (28 Aug 1914-31 Jan 1915)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 168th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1915-31 Mar 1915)
Adjutant of Air-Base Darmstadt (01 Apr 1915-30 Jun 1915)
With the Army-Flight-Park of the Bug-Army (01 Jul 1915-31 Jul 1915)
Pilot with the 66th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1915-14 Sep 1915)
Pilot with the Field-Flying-Battalion Heyder (15 Sep 1915-09 Dec 1915)
Pilot with the 54th Field-Flying-Battalion (10 Dec 1915-00 Apr 1916)
Leader of the 54th Field-Flying-Battalion (00 Apr 1916-00 Oct 1917)
Leader of the Field-Flying-Battalion A 260 (00 Oct 1917-00 Apr 1918)
Commander of the Flying-Observer-School Thorn (00 Apr 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Leader of the Troop-Flying-Squadron 9 in Border-Protection East (00 Dec 1918-31 Mar 1920)
Instructor for Air-Tactics at the Infantry-School in Munich (01 Apr 1920-31 Jan 1925)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1925-30 Sep 1926)
With the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Oct 1926-30 Sep 1927)
Retired (30 Sep 1927)
Secret Flying-Training in Lipezk, USSR (01 Oct 1927-30 Apr 1929)
Reactivated to Army Service with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1929-31 Jul 1929)
Battalion-Commander in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1929-31 Mar 1933)
Retired (31 Mar 1933)
Reactivated to Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer with the Staff of Infantry-Leader I (18 Apr 1933-31 Dec 1933)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Jan 1935) and Officer with Special Duties in the RLM (14 Dec 1933-24 Nov 1934)
Tactics-Instructor at the Air War Academy (25 Nov 1934-31 Jan 1938)
Commander of the Higher Luftwaffe-School Berlin (01 Feb 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Retired (31 Mar 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Luftwaffe and Higher Flying-Training-Commander III (01 Sep 1939-31 Dec 1941)
Broadcast Speaker of the Luftwaffe in the Wehrmacht-Propaganda Department, OKW (01 Jan 1942-31 Oct 1944)
Retired (31 Oct 1944)
In Soviet War-Captivity then Prison, from which the Russian Condemned him to Death, later commuted to 25 Year Imprisonment (25 Jul 1945-03 Oct 1953)
Released Early (03 Oct 1953)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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