(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hermann Fahrig
Born: 11 Jul 1890 in Bad Liebenstein, Thuringia (Thüringen)
Died: 13 Feb 1947 in Würzburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich (29 Apr 1910); Leutnant (24 Jan 1911); Oberleutnant (16 May 1915); Rittmeister (17 May 1918); Charakter als Major (31 Dec 1920); Flieger-Kommandant (15 May 1934); Major (01 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Mar 1940); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 1st Royal Saxon 12th Train-Battalion (15 Sep 1909-01 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader in the 177th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-10 Jan 1915)
Wounded, Military-Hospital Stay in Freiburg, Breisgau and Dresden (10 Jan 1915-12 Mar 1915)
Observer-Training with the 4th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (13 Mar 1915-31 May 1915)
Observer with the 64th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Jun 1915-07 Jan 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 9 (08 Jan 1916-21 Feb 1916)
Observer with the 27th Field-Flying-Battalion (22 Feb 1916-05 Aug 1916)
Pilot-Training with the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (06 Aug 1916-28 Oct 1916)
Pilot and Observer with the Flying-Battalion A 244 (29 Oct 1916-25 Nov 1917)
Instructor at the Flying-Observer-School West (26 Nov 1917-03 May 1918)
Pilot and Observer with the 300th Flying-Battalion ‘Pascha’ (04 May 1918-02 Sep 1918)
With the Staff of the Turkish Army-High-Command 8 (03 Sep 1918-31 Dec 1918)
With the Staff of the Commander of Flying XII/XIX (01 Jan 1919-31 Mar 1919)
With the Airbase Kowno (01 Apr 1919-14 Jun 1919)
Company-Officer with the 12th Motor-Transport-Battalion (15 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Officer with the 19th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Civilian Employee of the Army and Auxiliary-Advisor with Military-District-Command IV (Assigned with the investigations on the technical possibilities of the structure of air signals network in the State of Saxony) (01 Sep 1927-04 Apr 1934)
Entered the Luftwaffe as a Territorial-Officer (fully reactivated on 01 Mar 1940) and Advisor with Air-District-Command III (05 Apr 1934-31 Aug 1934)
Commander of Communication-Office Kassel (01 Sep 1934-13 Mar 1936)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command 9 then Air-District-Command VIII (14 Mar 1936-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of Signals-Command Würzburg (01 Jul 1938-17 Mar 1940)
Signals-Leader of Air-Region-Command IV and Commander of the 4th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (18 Mar 1940-26 Apr 1941)
Signals-Leader of Air-Region-Command Balkans, South East and Commander of the 4th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (27 Apr 1941-16 Jun 1941)
Signals-Leader of the Commander South Greece, Air-Region-Command South East and Commander of the 4th Air-Signals-Regiment, Athens (17 Jun 1941-11 Nov 1941)
Signals-Leader of Air-Region-Command XII/XIII, Wiesbaden and Commander of the 13th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (12 Nov 1941-17 May 1943)
Signals-Leader of Air-Region-Command XII, Wiesbaden and Commander of the 12th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (18 May 1943-29 Nov 1943)
Führer-Reserve – Placed to the Disposal of the 12th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (30 Nov 1943-29 Feb 1944)
Retired (29 Feb 1944)

Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Sächs. Militär St. Heinrichs-Orden: 02.06.1917
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse


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