(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Friedrich Berthold
Born: 26 Jan 1889 in Ingolstadt
Died: 03 Dec 1978 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (09 Jul 1908); Leutnant (23 Oct 1910); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1915); Hauptmann (18 Aug 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Oct 1920); Polizei-Major (01 May 1932); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1935); Oberst (01 Jan 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1941)
Career:
Accepted into the Army and in the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (09 Jul 1908-00 Dec 1913)
Pilot-Training in the Bavarian Flying-Battalion (00 Dec 1913-25 Oct 1914)
Pilot with the Field-Flying-Battalion 5 b (26 Oct 1914-17 Jan 1916)
Pilot with the Flying-Battalion 300 ‘Pascha’ (18 Jan 1916-08 Mar 1917)
With the 1st Bavarian Flying-Replacement-Battalion (09 Mar 1917-31 Mar 1917)
Adjutant of the Group-Flying-Leader 12 (AOK 6) (01 Apr 1917-11 Jul 1917)
Leader of the 25th Battle-Flying-Squadron (12 Jul 1917-31 Jul 1917)
Delegated with the Formation of the 304th Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1917-23 Aug 1917)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion 304 b (24 Aug 1917-01 Nov 1918)
Leader of the Exercise-Flying-Battalion ‘Sonthofen’ (02 Nov 1918-19 Nov 1918)
Air-Base-Commandant of Sonthofen (20 Nov 1918-27 Apr 1919)
In the Staff of the Leader of Group-Command West (28 Apr 1919-06 May 1919)
In the Air-Base at Schleißheim (07 May 1919-31 May 1919)
Leader of the 21st Troop-Flying-Squadron (01 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1919)
In the Air-Base at Schleißheim (01 Oct 1919-14 May 1920)
With the 7th Motor-Transport-Column (15 May 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Retired from Army-Service (30 Sep 1920)
Accepted into the Police and with the Police-Air-Surveillance-Office Bavarian-South, Schleißheim, on 1924 Director of the Service-Office (01 Oct 1920-30 Jun 1934)
Director of the Airport Munich-South (01 Jul 1934-31 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Luftwaffe and Director of the Airport Munich-Oberwiesenfeld (01 Nov 1934-30 Nov 1936)
Director of the Air-Office Nuremburg (01 Dec 1936-31 Mar 1937)
Director of the Air-Office Munich (01 Apr 1937-31 Aug 1939)
Director of Group V in the Air-District-Command VII (01 Sep 1939-30 Nov 1939)
Deputy Adjutant in Air-Fleet-Command 3 (01 Dec 1939-00 Apr 1940)
Placed to the Disposal of the Staff of Air-District-Command VII (00 Apr 1940-31 Jul 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant Morlaix/Bretagne (01 Aug 1940-31 Jul 1941)
With the Staff for Special Duties of Air-District-Command West France (01 Aug 1941-00 May 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant 2/III, Amsterdam (00 May 1942-14 Jul 1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant 6/XII, Künzelsau (15 Jul 1943-20 Mar 1945)
Retired (20 Mar 1945)
In US captivity (13 Sep 1946-31 Mar 1947)
Released (31 Mar 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern (01 Jul 1918)


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