(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Dr. Johann-Volkmar (Hans) Fisser
Born: 02 Jul 1893 in Dresden
Died: 12 Aug 1940 over the Isle of Wight
Doctorate In Political Science: 28 Jun 1921)
Decorations & Awards:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (08 May 1913); Fähnrich (16 Jun 1913); Leutnant (22 Mar 1914); Oberleutnant (20 May 1917); Charakter als Hauptmann (28 May 1920); Hauptmann (01 Mar 1934); Major (01 Aug 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (posthumous) (10 Nov 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a One Year Volunteer in the I. Sea-Battalion (01 Oct 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Transferred to Army Service as an Officer-Aspirant and Platoon-Leader in the 79th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School in Metz (01 Jun 1913-00 Feb 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 78th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-31 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader in the 78th Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1914-14 Dec 1915)
At the same time, Training-Officer with the Recruitment-Depot of the 19th Infantry-Division (06 Feb 1915-04 Apr 1915)
Observer-Training with Army-Flight-Park 7 (15 Dec 1915-15 Jan 1916)
Observer-Training with Experimental-Training-Flight-Park ‘West’ (16 Jan 1916-11 Feb 1916)
Observer with the 26th Field-Flying-Battalion (12 Feb 1916-30 Jun 1916)
Observer with the 39th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Jul 1916-10 Aug 1916)
Observer with the 29th Field-Flying-Battalion (11 Aug 1916-05 Oct 1916)
Observer with the Flying-Battalion A 222 (06 Oct 1916-31 Dec 1916)
Staff-Photographic-Officer with the Staff of the Commander Of Flying 7 (01 Jan 1917-02 May 1917)
Photographic-Officer of the 2nd Front-Line-Photography-Platoon, Army-Flight-Park 6 (03 May 1917-07 Jul 1917)
Photographic-Officer of the 2nd Front-Line-Photography-Platoon, Army-Flight-Park 8 (08 Jul 1917-16 Jan 1918)
Leader of the 2nd Front-Line-Photography-Platoon, 8th Flying-Battalion (17 Jan 1918-22 Sep 1918)
Temporary-Leader of the 26th Flying-Battalion (23 Sep 1918-30 Sep 1918)
Leader of the Signals-Reconnaissance-Squadron of the 3rd Flying-Battalion (01 Jan 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Pilot with the Flying-Squadron of Freikorps Hülsen (00 Dec 1918-04 Mar 1919)
Adjutant of the Leader of Airbase Frankfurt, Oder (05 Mar 1919-26 May 1919)
Demobilisation with Airbase Döberitz (26 May 1919-24 Sep 1919)
With the Processing-Office of the 79th Infantry-Regiment (25 Sep 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Territorial-Officer (fully activated on 01 Jul 1934) and Adjutant with the Staff of the Command of Flyer-Tests-Office (01 Jul 1934-31 Jan 1935)
Infantry-Course in Königsbrück (01 Feb 1935-28 Feb 1935)
Instructor at the Observer-School Hildesheim (01 Mar 1935-19 Jun 1935)
Squadron-Captain in the 255th Bomber-Wing (20 Jun 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Group-Commander in the 255th Bomber-Wing (01 Oct 1936-31 Jan 1939)
Commodore of the 255th Bomber-Wing (01 Feb 1939-31 Aug 1939)
Commodore of the 51st Bomber-Wing (01 Sep 1939-12 Aug 1940)
Shot Down and Killed over the Isle Of Wight (12 Aug 1940)

Decorations & Awards:
- RK des kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 16.03.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse


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