(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hermann Fricke
Born: 17 Jun 1890 in Wolfenbüttel
Died: 14 May 1946 in Augsburg (In Hospital)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (25 Jul 1910); Leutnant (20 Mar 1911); Oberleutnant (06 Jun 1916); Charakter als Hauptmann (31 Jan 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (06 Apr 1920); Hauptmann (15 Apr 1934); Major (01 Aug 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Charakter als Oberst (27 Aug 1939); Oberst (01 Jun 1940); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 77th Infantry-Regiment (19 Oct 1909-30 Jun 1914)
Pilot at the Military-Flying-School Johannisthal (Training) (01 Jul 1914-03 Aug 1914)
Observer with the 2nd Flying-Battalion (04 Aug 1914-04 Sep 1914)
Detached to Staging-Flight-Park 1 (05 Sep 1914-01 Oct 1914)
Pilot and Observer with the 11th Field-Flying-Battalion (02 Oct 1914-10 Nov 1916)
At the same time, Temporary-Company-Leader in the 96th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1915-06 Nov 1915)
Staff-Photographic-Officer with the Commander Of Flying I (11 Oct 1916-30 Mar 1917)
Leader of the 2nd Front-Line-Photograph-Platoon (31 Mar 1917-10 Jan 1918)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion 3 LB (11 Jan 1918-09 Nov 1918)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion of Freikorps Hülsen (10 Nov 1918-1919)
Leader of the MG-Battalion of Freikorps Hülsen (1916-16 Jun 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the 77th Infantry-Regiment (17 Jun 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service as Leader of the Technical Unit of the Police-Department Charlottenburg (06 Apr 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Retired (01 Oct 1920)
Leader of the Sports-Flight (Military Aerobatic Team) (01 May 1924-30 Sep 1928)
Leader of the Department Aviation of the State Head-Office for Scientific Instruction (01 Oct 1928-01 Apr 1932)
Leader of the Settling-School Seewalde (01 Apr 1932-04 Sep 1933)
Platoon-Leader Front Fighters Federation Stahlhelm in Fürstenberg (01 Nov 1932-04 Sep 1933)
Formation-Representative of the Front Fighters Federation to the SA-Group Hessen (05 Sep 1933-26 Sep 1933)
Placed to the Disposal of SA-Group Hessen, Frankfurt/Main (27 Sep 1933-26 Nov 1933)
SA-Sturmbannführer (Major) and Leader of the Flying-School of SA-Group Hessen (27 Nov 1933-00 Feb 1934)
Leader of the SA-Auxiliary-Work-Camp of SA-Group Hessen in Höchst (27 Nov 1933-25 Jun 1934)
Leader of the SA-High-School-Office Frankfurt/Main (27 Nov 1933-01 Nov 1934)
Supply-Advisor in the Staff of the Chief of Training-Affairs of the SA, District 13, Koblenz, from 09 Nov 1934: SA-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-Colonel) (02 Nov 1934-00 Jan 1935)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Luftwaffe-Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Supplemental-Officer from 01 Aug 1935, and fully activated on 01 Mar 1937) and Adjutant at the Air-District-School II, Berlin-Gatow (15 Apr 1934-30 Apr 1936)
Detached for Training as a Squadron-Captain to the 212th Reconnaissance-Group (01 May 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Temporary-Squadron-Captain in the 212th Reconnaissance-Group (01 Oct 1936-28 Feb 1937)
Squadron-Captain in the 212th Reconnaissance-Group (01 Mar 1937-30 Sep 1937)
Squadron-Captain in the 127th Reconnaissance-Group (01 Oct 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Commander of the 27th Reconnaissance-Group and Airbase-Commandant Goslar (01 Apr 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Air Tactics Instructor at the Air Signals School Halle-Saale (01 Apr 1939-31 Aug 1941)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe and Detached for familiarisation to Airport-Area-Command 4/III (01 Sep 1941-15 Feb 1942)
With the Staff of the 1st Luftwaffe-Field-Regiment (16 Feb 1942-07 Jun 1942)
Commander of the 1st Luftwaffe-Field-Regiment (08 Jun 1942-31 May 1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant 6/VII, Böblingen (01 Jun 1943-14 May 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 4/VIII (15 May 1944-14 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL – Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command III (14 Sep 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Retired (31 Dec 1944)
In US Captivity (05 May 1945-14 May 1946)
Died in Captivity (14 May 1946)

Decorations & Awards:
- Pour le mérite: am 23.12.1917 als Oberleutnant und Führer des Reihen-Bildzuges 2
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 11.03.1917
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II: 22.10.1914
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen: 00.00.1914
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Bewährungsabzeichen: 28.02.1915
- RK II. Klasse des Herzogl. Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden mit Schwertern: 09.03.1916
- Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militär-Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse: 15.09.1916
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse: 24.06.1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I


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