(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Gustav Banse
Born: 19 Apr 1893 in Schwerin
Died: 01 Aug 1965 in Lübeck
Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve (07 Aug 1915); Leutnant (16 May 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Apr 1926); Rittmeister (01 Nov 1934); Major (01 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1939); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
One Year Volunteer and Reserve-Officer-Aspirant in the 89th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-30 Sep 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 360th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1915-14 Apr 1916)
Aircraft-Observer-Training in the Army-Flight-Park at Gent, later, in the Training-Flight-Park East, Warsaw (15 Apr 1916-31 Jul 1916)
Observer of the 6th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1916-14 Oct 1917)
Adjutant of the 9th Flying-Group-Leaders (15 Oct 1917-15 May 1919)
Activated into the Active-Officer-Corps and Company-Officer in the 17th Infantry-Regiment, Schwerin (16 May 1919-00 Aug 1919)
Transferred into the Police and in the Staff of the Chief of Security-Affairs in Mecklenburg-Schwerin (00 Aug 1919-31 Dec 1919)
Officer with Special-Duties in the Flying-Squadron of the Police in Mecklenburg (01 Jan 1920-00 Nov 1920)
Instructor at the Higher Police School in Eiche by Potsdam, later, at the Mecklenburg Police School and then Schwerin (00 Nov 1920-30 Jun 1926)
Air-Transport-Advisor with the Chief of the Police-Alarm-Service in Schwerin (01 Jul 1926-30 Sep 1929)
Personnel-Advisor in Mecklenburg-Schwerin Ministry of the Interior (01 Jul 1929-31 Jul 1932)
Chief of the District-Police in Command of the Order-Police in Schwerin (01 Aug 1932-31 Mar 1933)
Chief of the 4th Police-Unit of the Mecklenburg Police (01 Apr 1933-31 Oct 1934)
Reactivated into the Army and Squadron-Chief with the Transport-Battalion Lübeck (01 Nov 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred to the Luftwaffe as Commander of the Flying-Troop Göttingen and Air-Base-Commandant of Göttingen (01 Oct 1935-31 Oct 1938)
Oberst with the Staff of the 253rd Bomber-Wing (Condor Legion) and Deputy-Wing-Commodore (01 Nov 1938-14 Mar 1939)
Chief Of Staff of Special-Staff Waber in Prague (15 Mar 1939-14 Jul 1939)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 8, Breslau (15 Jul 1939-04 Oct 1939)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 12, Wiesbaden (05 Oct 1939-30 Sep 1940)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group West France (01 Oct 1940-30 Jul 1943)
Quarter-Master in the Field-Air-Region-Command XXV, Dniepropetrovsk (30 Jul 1943-08 Jan 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL and to the Disposal of the Ministerial Office of the Reichsmarschal, later, General der Flieger Bodenshatz (“Heldenklau” with the Air-Fleet 3) (09 Jan 1944-30 Sep 1944)
Granted Leave (01 Oct 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Detached to the Chief of the Armed Forces Motor Transport Affairs, OKW (01 Jan 1945-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)

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