(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Paul Backhaus
Born: 11 Oct 1889 in Cologne (Köln)
Died: 23 Dec 1960 in Paderborn
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Oct 1908); Leutnant (18 Aug 1909); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1915); Hauptmann (15 Oct 1916); Charakter als Major (30 Apr 1922); Major (20 Aug 1934); Oberstleutnant (18 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Oct 1940); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Accepted into the Army and Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 53rd Infantry-Regiment and Pilot-Training (20 Feb 1908-31 Jul 1914)
Pilot with the 27th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1914-00 Nov 1914)
Pilot with the 39th Field-Flying-Battalion (00 Nov 1914-00 Aug 1915)
Pilot and Squadron Leader in the 2nd Bomber-Wing of the OHL (00 Aug 1915-00 Oct 1916)
Leader of Fighter-Squadron 23 (00 Oct1916-00 Nov 1917)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion A 259 (00 Nov 1917-00 Nov 1918)
Leader of Squadron I with the Border-Guard Air-Station Bromberg and Oppeln (00 Nov 1918-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Chief in the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Apr 1922)
Retired from Army-Service (30 Apr 1922)
Accepted into the Luftwaffe and Commander of Flying-Group ‘Liegnitz’ and at the same time, was Air-Base-Commandant of Liegnitz (20 Aug 1934-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of Flying-Group ‘Paderborn’ and at the same time, was Air-Base-Commandant of Paderborn (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1939)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Office Sagan and at the same time, was Air-Base-Commandant of Sagan-Küpper (01 Oct 1939-15 May 1940)
Commander of the Field-Air-Equipment-Office, Western Front and Air-Base-Commandant of Gossalier (16 May 1940-00 Apr 1941)
Commander of the Field-Air-Equipment-Office, Eastern Front, Warsaw (00 Apr 1941-00 Mar 1942)
Commander of the Air-Equipment-Group Warsaw (00 Mar 1942-00 Aug 1942)
Commander of the Air-Equipment-Group Finland (00 Aug 1942-19 Aug 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 28/III, Finland-South (20 Aug 1944-28 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve, to the Order of Air-Region-Command VIII (28 Sep 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired from Luftwaffe Service (31 Jan 1945)

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