(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Theodor Triendl
Born: 01 Aug 1889 in Pfarrkirchen, Niederbayern
Died: 16 Jun 1962 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (12 Dec 1908); Fähnrich (07 Mar 1909); Leutnant (23 Oct 1910); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1915); Hauptmann (22 Aug 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (14 Mar 1921); Polizei-Major (01 May 1932); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1936); Oberst (16 Mar 1937); Charakter als Generalmajor (01 Feb 1939); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army (16 Jul 1908)
Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 12th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (16 Jul 1908-31 Jul 1914)
Adjutant of the Replacement-Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-09 Oct 1914)
Observer-Training with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schleißheim (09 Oct 1914-05 Nov 1914)
Observer with the 6th Flying-Battalion (06 Nov 1914-08 Oct 1916)
Leader of Combat-Squadron 31 (09 Oct 1916-20 Jul 1917)
Training with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schleißheim (21 Jul 1917-24 Aug 1917)
Leader of Battle-Squadron 26 (25 Aug 1917-22 Sep 1917)
Leader of Flying-Battalion A 287 (23 Sep 1917-03 Dec 1918)
At the same time, Group-Leader of Flying of Oise-Group/XVII. Army-Corps (23 Sep 1917-21 Feb 1918)
Demobilisation with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schleißheim (04 Dec 1918-11 Dec 1918)
Detached to the Inspection of Bavarian Air Forces then to the Bavarian Ministry for Military Matters (12 Dec 1918-24 Apr 1919)
Pilot with the Artillery-Flying-Squadron 121 - Freikorps Epp (25 Apr 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Adjutant of Reichswehr-Air-Base Schleißheim and at the same time Supply-Officer of the I. Battalion of the 47th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-14 May 1920)
Adjutant of the 7th Light Bavarian Motor-Vehicle-Column (15 May 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Retired (30 Sep 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Oct 1920)
With the Police-Flying-Squadron Schleißheim (01 Oct 1920-19 Oct 1920)
Leader of the 19th Unit with Section IV of the State-Police Munich (20 Oct 1920-30 Apr 1924)
Training-Advisor with the Command of the State-Police Bayreuth (01 May 1924-02 Oct 1926)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Course I with Military-District-Command VII (03 Oct 1926-30 Jun 1927)
Leader of State-Police-St. V. West 5 (01 Jul 1927-30 Sep 1927)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Course II with Military-District-Command VII (01 Oct 1927-31 May 1928)
Leader of State-Police-St. V. East 4 (01 Jun 1928-30 Sep 1929)
Tactics-Instructor with the Police-Candidates-Courses (01 Oct 1929-30 Nov 1929)
Unit-Leader with Section-Command III, Munich (01 Dec 1929-15 Feb 1932)
Detached to the Command of the State-Police Munich (16 Feb 1932-28 Feb 1932)
Training-Advisor with the Command of the State-Police Munich (01 Mar 1932-17 Jun 1934)
Department-Director with the Staff of the Commander of State Police in Prussia in the Reichs Ministry Of The Interior, Berlin (18 Jun 1934-31 May 1936)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Jun 1936)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Jun 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Detached to Flying-School Hildesheim (01 Jun 1936-30 Jun 1936)
Detached to the Preparatory-Command of the 34th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Quakenbrück (01 Jul 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of the 34th Flying-Replacement-Battalion and Air-Base-Commandant Quakenbrück (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1938)
At the same time, Detached to the RLM/LE (01 Feb 1938-31 Mar 1938)
At the same time, Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Feb 1938-13 Feb 1938)
At the same time, Acting-Department-Director LE II/RLM (14 Feb 1938-13 Mar 1938)
Detached to the Air-Equipment-Group with Air-Districy-Command V (01 Apr 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Quartermaster of Air-Region-Command XIII (01 Jul 1938-14 Jul 1939)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 13 (15 Jul 1939-24 Jun 1940)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 12/13 (25 Jun 1940-30 Nov 1942)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Schwerin (01 Dec 1942-28 Sep 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division (28 Sep 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)
In US Captivity (23 Apr 1945-10 Mar 1947)
Released (10 Mar 1947)

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