(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Kurt Wagner
Born: 04 Nov 1891 in Trier
Died: 19 Nov 1966 in Bremen
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (31 Mar 1910); Fähnrich (16 Nov 1910); Leutnant (18 Aug 1911); Oberleutnant (06 Oct 1916); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1923); Major (01 Sep 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1938); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army (31 Mar 1910)
Company-Officer in the 165th Infantry-Regiment (31 Mar 1910-06 Aug 1914)
Detached to War-School Metz (15 Oct 1910-01 Jul 1911)
Wounded, in Hospital (06 Aug 1914-09 Dec 1914)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 165th Infantry-Regiment (10 Dec 1914-14 Dec 1914)
Adjutant of the 21st Field-Infantry-Battalion (15 Dec 1914-01 Feb 1915)
Company-Officer in the 263rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (02 Feb 1915-23 Apr 1915)
With the Staff of the 121st Infantry-Division (24 Apr 1915-24 Nov 1916)
Company-Officer in the 165th Infantry-Regiment (25 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 165th Infantry-Regiment (30 Jan 1917-01 Jul 1918)
Taken Ill, in Hospital (01 Jul 1918-22 Jul 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 165th Infantry-Regiment (23 Jul 1918-21 Aug 1918)
Severely wounded, in Hospital (21 Aug 1918-04 Jul 1919)
Company-Leader in the Volunteer-Battalion of the 165th Infantry-Regiment (05 Jul 1919-28 Jul 1919)
Leader of the Signals-Company of the 8th Rifle-Regiment (29 Jul 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Leader of the Signals-Company of the 7th Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-16 May 1920)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of the 7th Rifle-Regiment (17 May 1920-30 Sep 1920)
With the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Jun 1921)
Company-Officer in the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1921-30 Sep 1923)
Hauptmann with the Staff and Welfare-Officer with the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-28 Feb 1925)
Company-Chief in the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1925-31 Mar 1933)
Detached as Instructor to Firing-Course for heavy Infantry-Weapons at Döberitz (01 Oct 1929-30 Oct 1929)
Detached as Instructor to Firing-Course for heavy Infantry-Weapons at Döberitz (29 Sep 1931-24 Oct 1931)
Air-Protection-Advisor in the RWM (01 Apr 1933-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Apr 1935)
Air-Protection-Advisor in the RLM (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 23rd Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1935-31 Mar 1937)
Commander of the Flak-Instruction-Regiment (01 Apr 1937-18 May 1940)
At the same time, Member of the Luftwaffe-Commission, RLM (21 Feb 1939-25 Aug 1939)
Commander of Flak-Brigade VI (18 May 1939-22 Jul 1940)
Commander of Field-Flak-Artillery-School Zingst (22 Jul 1940-29 Jun 1941)
Commander of Air-Defence-Command 8 (30 Jun 1941-31 Aug 1941)
Commander of the 8th Flak-Division; on 21 Jul 1944, appointed as the Commanding General of the IV. Flak-Corps but command did not become effective (01 Sep 1941-03 Dec 1944)
General of Flak-Forces with Air-Region-Command XVII, Vienna (04 Dec 1944-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Mar 1947)
Released (00 Mar 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (01 Oct 1944)


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