(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Alfred Erhard
Born: 15 Apr 1899 in Aschaffenburg
Died: 17 Apr 1945 in Düsselfdorf (Suicide)
Promotions:
Leutnant (26 Oct 1917); Polizei-Leutnant (18 Nov 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1924); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 May 1932); Hauptmann (01 Sep 1935); Major (01 Jan 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1939); Oberst (01 Jun 1941); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered the Army as Group and Platoon Leader, Temporary-Company-Leader and MG-Officer with the Staff of the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (15 Jul 1916-31 Oct 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1918-31 Jan 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the City-Commander Munich (01 Feb 1919-17 Nov 1919)
Transferred to Police Service with the State-Police Bavaria (18 Nov 1919-30 Sep 1926)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with Military-District-Command VII (01 Oct 1926-30 Sep 1928)
Auxiliary-Advisor with State Police Inspection Bavaria (01 Oct 1928-15 Dec 1933)
A 3-Advisor with the State Police Inspection Bavaria (16 Dec 1933-31 Aug 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service with the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 5th Flak-Regiment (01 Sep 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Officer with the Staff and Battery-Chief 4 in the I./28th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-30 Nov 1936)
General-Staff-Training at the Air War Academy, Berlin-Gatow (01 Dec 1936-22 Dec 1937)
Group-Commander in the 23rd Bomber-Wing (22 Dec 1937-31 Aug 1938)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 7th Flying-Division (01 Sep 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Group-Director III with the General-Quartermaster 2, RLM (01 Feb 1939-06 Jul 1940)
Battalion-Commander in the 38th Flak-Regiment (07 Jul 1940-30 Nov 1940)
Chief Of Staff of Air-Region-Command West France (01 Dec 1940-30 Nov 1943)
Commander of Motorised-Flak-Brigade V (01 Dec 1943-30 Jul 1944)
Commander of the 7th Flak-Division (01 Aug 1944-17 Apr 1945)
Committed Suicide in Düsseldorf (17 Apr 1945)

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