(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans Korte
Born: 16 Dec 1899 in Dannenberg, Elbe
Died: 08 Apr 1990
Promotions:
Fähnrich (01 Sep 1922); Oberfähnrich (01 Aug 1923); Leutnant (01 Dec 1923); Oberleutnant (01 Feb 1928); Hauptmann (01 Jun 1934); Major (01 Aug 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1939); Oberst (01 Mar 1941); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army as an NCO with IO.HK Battalion, Döberitz (01 Mar 1918-29 Nov 1918)
Retired (29 Nov 1918)
Reactivated to Army Service as Platoon-Leader in the 1st Kurland Mounted-Regiment Border-Protection East (19 May 1919-31 Oct 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 3rd Kurland Infantry-Regiment Border-Protection East (01 Nov 1919-07 Mar 1920)
Platoon-Leader with the II. Naval-Brigade (08 Mar 1920-31 May 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 11th Hussar-Regiment (01 Jun 1920-06 Sep 1920)
Company-Officer, Battalion-Adjutant and Battalion-Signals-Officer in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (07 Sep 1920-30 Sep 1933)
General-Staff-Training at the War Academy, Berlin (01 Oct 1933-30 Apr 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Higher Flying Commander III, Dresden (01 May 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Air-District-Command III, Dresden (01 Apr 1936-31 May 1938)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 1 (01 Jun 1938-31 Oct 1938)
Group-Commander in Bomber-Wing 225 then 51 (01 Nov 1938-21 Dec 1939)
Department-Chief in the OKL/RLM (21 Dec 1939-22 May 1940)
Group-Commander in Bomber-Wing 55 (23 May 1940-15 Aug 1940)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 55 (16 Aug 1940-31 Jan 1941)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Region-Command I then Luftwaffe-Command South-East, later Commander Crete (01 Feb 1941-30 Nov 1942)
Commander of the 13th Luftwaffe-Field-Division (01 Dec 1942-01 Nov 1943)
With the Staff of Air-Fleet 1 (02 Nov 1943-03 Jan 1944)
Commander of the 1st Paratrooper-Division (04 Jan 1944-21 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 2nd Flying-Division (22 Feb 1944-10 Sep 1944)
Commanding General and Commander of German Luftwaffe in Greece (11 Sep 1944-02 Oct 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL (03 Oct 1944-09 Mar 1945)
Commanding General of Luftwaffe-Catch Staff West and of Military-Police-Command West (10 Mar 1945-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity (09 May 1945-31 Oct 1947)
Released (31 Oct 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 30.09.1944 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 2. (Torpedo)/ Flieger-Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 01.01.1945 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 2. (Torpedo)/ Flieger-Division
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- 1939 EK I


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