Generalmajor Dipl.Ing. Fritz Kolb
Born: 01 Jan 1894 in Darmstadt
Died: 16 Sep 1972 in Traisa, Hessen
Promotions:
Fähnrich (22 Mar 1914); Leutnant (01 Aug 1914); Charakter als Oberleutnant (31 Dec 1920); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1935); Major (01 Aug 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Oberst (01 Sep 1940); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Platoon-Leader in the 25th Pioneer-Battalion (12 Sep 1913-31 Jul 1915)
Pilot-Training with the 9th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Aug 1915-31 Jan 1916)
Pilot with the 7th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Feb 1916-00 May 1916)
Pilot with the 5th Field-Flying-Battalion (00 May 1916-00 Jun 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the German Chief Of The General Staff of the Finnish Army (00 Jun 1918-1920)
Retired (1920)
Reactivated to Army Service as a Territorial-Officer and Technical Leader of the Traffic-Flying-School Braunschweig (27 Dec 1933-31 Jan 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Squadron-Captain in Bomber-Wing ‘Boelcke’ (01 Feb 1935-1937)
Group-Leader in the RLM (1937-1940)
Department-Chief in the RLM, L In 5 (1940-1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant in Air-Region XVII (1943-30 Mar 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 5/IV, Athens (30 Mar 1944-27 Jul 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 14/VII (27 Jul 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

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