(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Franz Engel
Born: 06 Nov 1895 in Neusalz, Oder
Died: 12 May 1965 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (12 Nov 1915); Leutnant (03 Jun 1916); Polizei-Leutnant (13 Oct 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (20 Jul 1921); Polizei-Hauptmann (30 Jun 1926); Polizei-Major (19 Dec 1933); Charakter als Major (01 Aug 1935); Major (20 Apr 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1939); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Platoon-Leader in the 154th Infantry-Regiment (03 May 1915-11 Sep 1917)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 154th Infantry-Regiment (12 Sep 1917-11 Jan 1918)
Company-Leader in the 154th Infantry-Regiment (12 Jan 1918-12 Oct 1919)
Placed to the Order of the Army and Granted Leave (13 Oct 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service as Platoon-Leader in the 1st Unit of the Protection-Police in Breslau (13 Oct 1919-30 Jun 1921)
Alarm-Unit-Leader with the Protection-Police in Breslau (01 Jul 1921-24 Sep 1922)
Course at the Higher Police School in Eiche (25 Sep 1922-31 Jan 1923)
Platoon-Leader with the Protection-Police in Breslau (01 Feb 1923-17 May 1923)
Alarm-Unit-Leader with the Protection-Police in Breslau (18 May 1923-03 Jan 1924)
With the Staff of the III. Police-Inspection of the Protection-Police in Breslau (04 Jan 1924-28 Jun 1924)
With the Command of the Protection-Police in Breslau (29 Jun 1924-09 Dec 1924)
Training with the District-Chief with the Police-Presidency in Breslau (10 Dec 1924-29 Mar 1925)
Detached to the Staff of the III. Police-Inspection of the Protection-Police in Breslau (30 Mar 1925-23 Apr 1925)
Department-Director with the Command of the Protection-Police Breslau (24 Apr 1925-13 Apr 1933)
Department-Director with the Higher Police Leader South East (14 Apr 1933-12 Dec 1933)
Department-Director in the Prussian Ministry Of the Interior (13 Nov 1933-14 Jul 1935)
Briefing-Course at the Flak-Artillery-School Wustrow (15 Jul 1935-13 Aug 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service (01 Aug 1935)
Battery-Chief in the Flak-Battalion Brandenburg (13 Aug 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 23rd Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Battery-Chief in the 3rd Flak-Regiment (01 Apr 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Battalion-Commander in the 3rd Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-03 Nov 1938)
Course-Director for Officer-Candidates at the Air War School in Wildpark-Werder (04 Nov 1938-19 Jun 1940)
Commander of the 100th Flak-Regiment (20 Jun 1940-19 Jan 1942)
Commander of Air War School 6, Bernau (20 Jan 1942-25 Jun 1943)
Commander of the 10th Flak-Division (26 Jun 1943-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-09 Oct 1955)
Released (09 Oct 1955)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (01 Jan 1945)


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