(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Carl-August Freiherr von Gablenz
Born: 13 Oct 1893 in Erfurt
Died: 21 Aug 1942 by Mühlberg (Air Crash)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Oct 1913); Leutnant (19 Jun 1914); Charakter als Oberleutnant (26 Oct 1920); Hauptmann der Reserve (01 Apr 1936); Major der Reserve (01 Oct 1936); Oberstleutnant der Reserve (01 Feb 1940); Oberst der Reserve (01 Jun 1940); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army in the 1st Emperor-Alexander-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (10 Feb 1913-13 Nov 1914)
Observer-Training with the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (14 Nov 1914-11 Dec 1914)
Observer with the 42nd Field-Flying-Battalion (12 Dec 1914-11 Aug 1915)
Pilot-Training with the 2nd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (12 Aug 1915-26 Sep 1915)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park Falkenhausen (27 Sep 1915-13 Oct 1915)
Pilot with the 42nd Field-Flying-Battalion (14 Oct 1915-14 Nov 1915)
Pilot with the 1st Single-Seated-Bomber-Battalion (14 Nov 1915-02 Dec 1915)
Pilot with the 42nd Field-Flying-Battalion (03 Dec 1915-29 Dec 1915)
Pilot with the 1st Combat-Wing of the OHL (30 Dec 1915-15 Jul 1916)
Leader of the 5th Squadron in the 1st Combat-Wing of the OHL (16 Jul 1916-21 Dec 1916)
With the Staff of the Commanding General of the Air Force (22 Dec 1916-13 Jul 1917)
Technical Officer with the Staff of the Commander of Flying of Army-Group F (Palestine) (14 Jul 1917-28 Feb 1918)
Training-Officer with the 7th Combat-Wing, Battalion Cologne (01 Mar 1918-13 Dec 1918)
At the Wing-School Paderborn (14 Dec 1918-10 Jan 1919)
Commander of Flying of Freikorps Lüttwitz (11 Jan 1919-00 Jun 1919)
Placed to the Army’s Disposal and Granted Leave (00 Jun 1919-26 Oct 1920)
Retired (26 Oct 1920)
Pilot with the German Air Shipping Company (1919-1920)
Technical Assistance of the Firm Junkers Aircraft Plant and Junkers Air Commerce AG (1924-31 Dec 1925)
Technical Assistant of the German Lufthansa (01 Jan 1926-30 Jun 1933)
Member of the Executive of the German Lufthansa AG (01 Jul 1933-21 Aug 1942)
Entered the Luftwaffe Reserve (Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1941) as a Pilot and Observer with the Flying-Group Tutow (12 Jun 1935-10 Jul 1935)
Pilot and Observer with the Flying-Group Neubrandenburg (16 Mar 1936-11 Apr 1936)
With the Staff of the 172nd Bomber-Wing (26 Sep 1938-01 Oct 1938)
Commodore of the 172nd Special-Purpose-Combat-Wing (26 Aug 1939-10 Nov 1939)
Commander of the Blind-Flying-School of the Luftwaffe (10 Nov 1939-30 Sep 1941)
Transport-Chief (Land) (12 Mar 1940-04 May 1940)
Air Transport Leader (05 May 1940-30 Sep 1941)
Chief of the Planning-Office with the General Air Equipment Master, RLM (01 Oct 1941-21 Aug 1942)
Killed in an Air Crash over Mühlberg (21 Aug 1942)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern: am 25.08.1942 posthum als Generalmajor und Chef des Planungsamts des Generalluftzeugmeisters / RLM
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. Militär-Verdienstordens
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Spanienkreuz ohne Schwerter
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Gemeinsames Flugzeugführer- und Beobachter-Abzeichen in Gold mit Brillanten


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