(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Ernst Exss
Born: 22 Sep 1896 in Lindenberg, District Schlochau
Died: 28 Jan 1965 in Recklinghausen
Promotions:
Leutnant (14 Aug 1914); Charakter als Oberleutnant (09 Jul 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (09 Jul 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Apr 1925); Polizei-Major (01 Jan 1925); Major (01 Jul 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1939); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as Platoon-Leader in the Replacement-Battalion of the 6th Grenadier-Regiment (14 Aug 1914-09 Oct 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 6th Grenadier-Regiment (10 Oct 1914-08 Apr 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (08 Apr 1915-11 Nov 1915)
Observer-Training with the 4th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (12 Nov 1915-02 Feb 1916)
Observer with the 3rd Combat-Wing of the OHL (03 Feb 1916-11 Oct 1916)
Detached to the 11th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (12 Oct 1916-14 Nov 1916)
Observer with the Field-Flying-Battalion A 22 (15 Nov 1916-29 Nov 1918)
Demobilisation with the 3rd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (30 Nov 1918-05 Feb 1919)
Observer with the Flying-Battalion A 423 (Landesjägerkorps) (06 Feb 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Adjutant and Aircraft-Observer with the Airbase Paderborn (01 Feb 1920-01 May 1920)
Detached to the 6th Motor-Vehicle-Command (02 May 1920-26 May 1920)
Platoon-Leader with the 116th Motor-Vehicle-Company (27 May 1920-08 Jul 1920)
Transferred to Police Service as Observer with the Police-Flying-Squadron Münster then with Air-Surveillance-Service Münster (09 Jul 1920-30 Apr 1925)
Detached to Police-School Münster (01 May 1925-07 Feb 1926)
Director of the Air-Police Surveillance-Service Oppeln (08 Feb 1926-31 Oct 1927)
Director of the Air-Police Surveillance-Service of the Protection-Police Stettin (01 Nov 1927-03 Feb 1930)
Course at the Police-School for Technology and Traffic, Berlin (15 Oct 1928-16 Feb 1929)
Course at the Commercial-Flying-School Staaken (15 Aug 1929-16 Sep 1929)
Administrator for Air-Transport-Affairs with the Senior Presidency Stettin (04 Feb 1930-22 Apr 1934)
Detached as Advisor for Air-Surveillance to the RLM (23 Apr 1934-30 Jun 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Officer with Special Duties with the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Jul 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Detached to 2nd Air-District-School-Course at the Air-District-School Berlin-Gatow (02 Dec 1935-27 Mar 1936)
Training as a Bomber-Observer with the Flying-Troop Tutow (01 Apr 1936-30 Jun 1936)
With the Staff of Flying-Group I/155, Giebelstadt (01 Jul 1936-28 Feb 1937)
Commander of II. Group in the 153rd Bomber-Wing, Finsterwalde (01 Mar 1937-30 Nov 1938)
Instructor for Air-Battle-Tactics at the Higher Luftwaffe School Berlin-Gatow (01 Dec 1938-25 Aug 1939)
Advisor in the Department for National Defence in OKW (26 Aug 1939-17 Dec 1939)
Commodore of the 1st Bomber-Wing ‘Hindenburg’ (18 Dec 1939-29 Jul 1940)
Chief of the Luftwaffe-Control-Commission III (30 Jul 1940-06 Oct 1940)
Chief of the Luftwaffe-Control-Commission V (07 Oct 1940-15 Mar 1943)
Officer with Special Duties with the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe, and Detached to Air-Fleet-Command 3 (15 Mar 1943-30 May 1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant 6/III Holland (31 May 1943-1945)
Airport-Area-Commandant Italy (1945-08 May 1945)
In Allied Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Jul 1947)
Released (00 Jul 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 01.01.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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