(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Reinhard Kriegelsteiner
Born: 01 Mar 1886 in Niederthann, District Amt Pfaffenhofen
Died: 04 Mar 1956 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (15 Oct 1907); Fähnrich (09 Mar 1908); Leutnant (26 May 1909); Oberleutnant (19 May 1915); Hauptmann (28 May 1918); Major (01 Jan 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Sep 1940); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker, Platoon-Leader, Auxiliary-Adjutant, Mobilising and Supply Officer in the 13th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (15 Jul 1907-24 Sep 1915)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 13th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (25 Sep 1915-07 Jan 1916)
Observer-Training with the 1st Bavarian Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Schleißheim (08 Jan 1916-27 Mar 1916)
Observer with the Bavarian Battle-Squadron 35 (28 Mar 1916-01 Dec 1916)
Leader of the Bavarian Battle-Squadron 35 (02 Dec 1916-24 Aug 1917)
Leader of the Bavarian Flying-Battalion A 293 (25 Aug 1917-03 Dec 1918)
Demobilisation with the 1st Bavarian Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Schleißheim (04 Dec 1918-22 Dec 1918)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 13th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (23 Dec 1918-31 Mar 1919)
District-Officer with District-Command Straubing (01 Apr 1919-19 Apr 1919)
Leader of th3e Volunteer Flying-Battalion Kriegelsteiner (20 Apr 1919-09 Jun 1919)
Leader of the Processing-Office of the 3rd Bavarian Motor-Transport-Replacement-Battalion (10 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Leader of the Processing-Office of the Bavarian Motor-Transport-Troops (01 Oct 1919-24 Jan 1920)
Retired (24 Jan 1920)
Employee with the Army-Processing-Office Bavaria, Munich (01 Sep 1920-31 Mar 1921)
Plenipotentiary of the Reichs Commission for Monitoring of Transport in and out with the Control-Command Eger and Hof, also Leader of Control-Office Hof (01 Apr 1921-31 Mar 1922)
Examiner with the Foreign Trade Office Fine Ceramics, Berlin (01 Apr 1922-30 Sep 1922)
Leader of the Examination-Department of the Foreign Trade Branch Fine Ceramics, Berlin (01 Oct 1922-30 Nov 1923)
Commercial Employee with the Firm Porcelain Fabrics ‘Bavaria’, Ullersricht (01 Dec 1923-00 Jan 1926)
Studying at the University Of Munich (1926-1927)
Customs-Aspirant with the Customs-Administration Munich (15 Jul 1927-1929)
Upper-Customs-Secretary with the Customs-Administration Hamburg (1929-12 Dec 1934)
Entered Luftwaffe Service with Air-District-Command V, Munich (13 Dec 1934-30 Jun 1938)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the Staff of Air-Region-Command VII, Munich (01 Jul 1938-1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant 1/XVII (1941-19 Aug 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL – To The Disposal of Flying-Replacement-Battalion VII (20 Aug 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern


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