(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans Busch
Born: 25 Mar 1887 in Gießen
Died: 17 Jul 1951 in Generalslager Voikovo, USSR
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Nov 1905); Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (17 Feb 1914); Hauptmann (18 Jun 1915); Charakter als Major (31 Jul 1921); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1935); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
Accepted into the Army as Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 5th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (22 Mar 1905-30 Sep 1912)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (15 Jul 1909-31 Aug 1909)
Detached to the Foot-Artillery-Firing-School (01 Sep 1909-30 Sep 1909)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1909-15 Jul 1910)
Detached to the 168th Infantry-Regiment (16 Jul 1910-30 Sep 1910)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1910-15 Jul 1911)
Detached to the 23rd Dragoon-Regiment (16 Jul 1911-30 Sep 1911)
Pilot with the Test Station for Military Flight Affairs in Johannisthal (01 Feb 1912-30 Sep 1912)
Assistant with the Artillery-Tests-Commission (Experimental-Battery) (01 Oct 1912-19 May 1914)
At the same time, Detached as Pilot at Döberitz (01 Aug 1913-31 Oct 1913)
Detached to the 2nd Flying-Battalion (01 May 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the 11th Field-Flying-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-10 Oct 1915)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion A 202 (11 Oct 1915-06 Apr 1917)
With the Staff of the Commanding General of the Air Force, Grand Headquarters (07 Apr 1917-23 Jan 1919)
Department-Director with the Inspection of Flying Troops (24 Jan 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Advisor with the Aviation-Peace-Commission (01 Feb 1920-31 Jul 1921)
Retired (31 Jul 1921)
Employed as a Civilian (Reactivated as a Supplemental-Officer on 01 Oct 1934 then Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1942) by the Luftwaffe as an Advisor in the RLM (01 Jul 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Group-Director (Abwehr) in the RLM (01 Apr 1934-30 Jun 1938)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command XII (01 Jul 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Officer with Special Duties with the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Apr 1939-31 May 1939)
Air-Attaché at the Embassy in Lima (01 Jun 1939-31 May 1942)
Department-Chief in the RLM (01 Jun 1942-28 Feb 1943)
Military-Economics-Officer Rumania (01 Mar 1943-24 Aug 1944)
In Soviet Captivity (24 Aug 1944-17 Jul 1951)
Died in Soviet captivity in the General Camp at Voikovo, USSR (17 Jul 1951)

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