(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Fritz Koehler
Born: 14 Nov 1897 in Derby, England
Died: 20 Feb 1949 in Ulm-Söflingen
Promotions:
Gefreiter (12 Mar 1915); Unteroffizier (08 May 1915); Vizefeldwebel (11 May 1915); Leutnant der Reserve (09 Aug 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant der Reserve (01 Mar 1920); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1935); Major (01 Aug 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1941); Oberst (01 Sep 1942); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserves as War Volunteer in the 19th Ulanen-Regiment (14 Aug 1914-09 Dec 1914)
War Volunteer, Group and Platoon Leader in the 119th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (10 Dec 1914-23 Apr 1916)
Pilot-Training with Army-Flight-Park Gaede (24 Apr 1916-15 Aug 1916)
Observer with the 48th Flying-Battalion (16 Aug 1916-01 Aug 1917)
Pilot-Training with the 10th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (02 Aug 1917-30 Dec 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 11 (31 Dec 1917-12 Jan 1918)
Course at the Fighter-Squadron-School II (13 Jan 1918-31 Jan 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 11 (01 Feb 1918-12 Feb 1918)
Pilot in Fighter-Squadrons 25 and 38 (13 Feb 1918-16 Sep 1918)
With Flight-Command of the 11th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (17 Sep 1918-29 Oct 1918)
Pilot with the Single-Seated-Combat-Squadron 9 (30 Oct 1918-20 Dec 1918)
Retired (20 Dec 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of Freikorps Haas (08 Jan 1919-29 Apr 1919)
Pilot with the Troop-Flying-Squadron 21b (30 Apr 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Training-Officer with the Volunteer-Unit Wurzbach (01 Oct 1919-01 Mar 1920)
Entered Luftwaffe Service and Attended Infantry-Course for Reactivated Officers in Königsbrück (01 Apr 1935-31 May 1935)
Observer with Reconnaissance-Group 114 (01 Jun 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Squadron-Captain with Reconnaissance-Group 114 (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Adjutant with the Staff of the 3rd Flying-Division (01 Apr 1938-31 Aug 1939)
With the Staff of the General with Special Duties of Air-Fleet 4 (01 Sep 1939-03 Nov 1939)
Adjutant and Group-Leader II with Air-Region-Command XI, Hamburg (04 Nov 1939-19 Mar 1941)
Commander of Reconnaissance-Group 122 (20 Mar 1941-11 Sep 1942)
Department-Leader in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (12 Sep 1942-14 Mar 1943)
Office-Group-Chief in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (15 Mar 1943-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-20 Mar 1947)
Released (20 Mar 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (04 Nov 1941)


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