(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Erhard Krüger
Born: 04 May 1894 in Glowno, District Posen-Ost
Died: 30 Apr 1966 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich (27 Jan 1913); Leutnant (17 Feb 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Apr 1917); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1924); Major (01 Apr 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1938); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer with the Bicycle-Company of the 1st Jäger-Division (10 Jun 1912-14 Mar 1915)
Training with the 4th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Posen (15 Mar 1915-10 Oct 1915)
Transferred to the Tests-Institute and Dockyard of the Flying-Troops in Döberitz (11 Oct 1915-11 Nov 1915)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 13, Serbia (12 Nov 1915-25 Jan 1916)
Observer with the 1st Field-Flying-Battalion (26 Jan 1916-20 Sep 1916)
Pilot-Training with the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Hannover (21 Sep 1916-09 Nov 1916)
Pilot with the 48th Field-Flying-Battalion (10 Nov 1916-17 Jul 1917)
With the Staff of Flying-Group-Leader 5 (18 Jul 1917-21 Aug 1917)
Adjutant of the Commander Of Flying A (21 Aug 1917-13 Oct 1917)
Leader of Staff-Photograph-Battalion A (14 Oct 1917-23 Jan 1919)
Leader of Air-Photograph-Command of the Reichs-Remuneration-Commission (24 Jan 1919-1919)
Platoon-Leader in an Officer-Company of the Protection-Regiment Greater-Berlin (1919-30 Sep 1919)
Platoon Leader and Company-Chief in the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-31 Oct 1928)
Secret Foreign-Command (01 Nov 1928-30 Sep 1930)
Transferred to the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1930-30 Sep 1931)
Adjutant of the Fortress-Commander Königsberg (01 Oct 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Transferred to the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1932-30 Sep 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe at the German Traffic-Flying-Schools Warnemünde and Braunschweig (01 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Leader of the Courses for former Observers (01 Apr 1934-30 Apr 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of the Hansa Flying School (01 May 1934-00 Jun 1934)
Flight with the Zeppelin to Brazil (00 Jun 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Commander of Flying-School Gotha (01 Apr 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Commander of the Greater Bomber Flying School Lechfeld (01 Apr 1936-05 May 1939)
Member of the German Military-Mission in Slovakia (06 May 1939-15 Aug 1939)
Chief of the German Luftwaffe-Military-Mission in Slovakia (16 Aug 1939-07 Jan 1941)
Acting-Airport-Area-Commandant St. Omar (08 Jan 1941-14 Mar 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant 19/XI, Beauvais (15 Mar 1941-09 Mar 1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant 8/VI, Pleskau then Reval (10 Mar 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Commander of Air-Fleet-Troops 1 (01 Apr 1944-02 Nov 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL (03 Nov 1944-19 Jan 1945)
Representative of the Plenipotentiary of the Leader of the KFZ-Employment and KFZ-Collection (20 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-12 May 1947)
Released (12 May 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Bulgar. Tapferkeitsorden IV. Klasse, II. Stufe
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Silber
- Kgl. Preuss. Flieger Erinnerungs-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Spange zum EK II
- Slowakisches Flugzeugführer- und Beobachter-Abzeichen


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