(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Otto Brakert
Born: 20 Dec 1894 in Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg
Died: 30 Apr 1970 in München.
Promotions:
Gefreiter (09 Aug 1915); Unteroffizier (18 Mar 1916); Offiziers-Aspirant (10 Mar 1917); Vizefeldwebel (01 Jun 1917); Leutnant der Reserve (14 Aug 1917); Charakter als Oberleutnant der Reserve (31 Oct 1919); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Nov 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1922); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Sep 1933); Rittmeister (01 Nov 1934); Major (01 Apr 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Oct 1939); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1943)
Career:
War Volunteer with the Replacement-Battalion of the 60th Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Aug 1914-10 Sep 1914)
Cannon and Platoon Leader in the 46th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (11 Sep 1914-26 Mar 1917)
Platoon-Leader, Temporary-Battery-Leader and Artillery-Liaison-Officer with the 269th Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Mar 1917-24 Jan 1919)
Detached to MG-Course of the 211th Infantry-Division (16 Oct 1917-27 Nov 1917)
Course with the Flying-Battalion A 234 – Training as Artillery-Aerial-Officer (12 Dec 1917-17 Dec 1917)
Granted Leave (24 Jan 1919-10 Feb 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 60th Field-Artillery-Regiment, later called the 9th Reichswehr-Field-Artillery-Regiment (11 Feb 1919-31 Oct 1919)
Transferred to Service with the Police as Platoon-Leader at the Technical Unit of the Police-Command Schwerin (01 Nov 1919-30 Apr 1921)
Platoon-Leader in the 4th Police-Unit at the Ordinal-Police Rostock (01 May 1921-04 Nov 1921)
Instructor at the Police-School in Warnemünde (05 Nov 1921-01 Feb 1922)
Adjutant of the Command of the Order-Police in Rostock (09 Jun 1922-30 Jun 1922)
Platoon-Leader at the Order-Police Rostock (01 Jul 1922-30 Sep 1924)
Adjutant of the Command of the Order-Police Rostock (01 Oct 1924-21 Nov 1927)
Platoon-Leader at the Police-Alarm and Motor-Vehicle Command of the Order-Police (22 Nov 1927-12 Nov 1930)
Adjutant of the Command of the Order-Police in Rostock (13 Nov 1930-31 May 1932)
Platoon-Leader and Temporary-Leader of the 1st Police-Unit of the Police in Schwerin (01 Jun 1932-31 Mar 1933)
Instructor and Inspection Chief at the Police-School in Schwerin (01 Apr 1933-30 Jun 1933)
Leader of the 2nd, later the 9th Police-Unit at the II. Battalion of the State-Police in Schwerin (01 Jul 1933-31 Oct 1934)
Transferred to Army Service as Squadron-Chief in the Transport-Battalion Lübeck (01 Nov 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Battery-Chief in the Flak-Battalion Lübeck (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Officer with Special Duties with Luftwaffe-Location Lübeck (01 Oct 1935-30 Jun 1936)
Detached to Flying-Group Faßberg for Training as Bomber-Observer (16 Oct 1935-30 Mar 1936)
Detached to Flying-Group Göttingen for Training as Flak-Equipment-Operator (31 Mar 1936-04 Apr 1936)
Leader of the Forward-Command of Flying-Group Kölleda (15 Mar 1936-30 Jun 1936)
Commander of Flying-Group Kölleda and Air-Base-Commandant Kölleda (01 Jul 1936-30 Sep 1939)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Office Kölleda and Air-Base-Commandant Kölleda (01 Oct 1939-19 Jul 1941)
Oberst with the Staff of Air-Equipment-Group 8 (20 Jul 1941-10 Nov 1941)
Oberst in the Staff of the Field-Air-Equipment-Group Rostov (11 Nov 1941-26 Oct 1942)
Fallen ill, Luftwaffe-Hospital in Berlin (27 Oct 1942-14 Dec 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Battalion IV (15 Dec 1942-18 Jan 1943)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Air-Equipment-Group South East, Athens (19 Jan 1943-30 Jun 1943)
Commander of Field-Air-Equipment-Group South East (01 Jul 1943-10 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL and Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command XVII, Vienna (11 Sep 1943-07 Mar 1944)
Stay in the Luftwaffe-Hospital in Bad Gastein (18 Nov 1943-14 Dec 1943)
Commander of Air-Region-Troops 17, Vienna (08 Mar 1944-08 May 1945)
In British, later Italian Captivity (08 May 1945-08 Jul 1947)
Released (08 Jul 1947)

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