(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Dipl.Ing. Hans Kuttig
Born: 23 Jun 1890 in Koblenz
Died: 05 Jun 1942 in Berlin (Suicide)
Diploma in Engineering:
Promotions:
Fähnrich (19 Nov 1912); Leutnant (18 Aug 1913); Oberleutnant (05 Oct 1916); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1924); Major (01 Oct 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1938); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1940)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 3rd Railway-Regiment (21 Mar 1912-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School in Neiße (28 Sep 1912-19 Aug 1912)
Company-Officer with the 20th Railway-Construction-Company (02 Aug 1914-10 Dec 1914)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 3rd Railway-Regiment (11 Dec 1914-20 Dec 1914)
Company-Officer with the 20th Railway-Construction-Company (21 Dec 1914-19 Nov 1915)
Detached to Railway-Direction 5, Wilna (20 Nov 1915-22 Mar 1916)
Temporary-Adjutant with the Commander Of Railway-Troop 5 (23 Mar 1916-28 Mar 1916)
Detached to Rail-Commissary 5 (29 Mar 1916-07 May 1916)
Detached to Rail-Commissary of the Bug-Army (08 May 1916-30 Jun 1916)
Transferred to the Staff of Rail-Commissary 5 (01 Jul 1916-16 Apr 1917)
Auxiliary-Officer and Deputy of the Rail-Commissary of the 6th Army (17 Apr 1917-13 Aug 1918)
Detached to the General-Staff-Officer of the Railway-Chief of Army-Group Boehn (14 Aug 1918-09 Oct 1918)
Leader of the 24th Reserve-Railway-Construction-Company (10 Oct 1918-27 Nov 1918)
Adjutant of the Replacement-Battalion of the 3rd Railway-Regiment (28 Nov 1918-15 Oct 1919)
Company-Leader with the 3rd Brigade-Motor-Transport-Battalion (16 Oct 1919-08 Dec 1919)
Transferred to the Inspection of Weapons and Equipment (09 Dec 1929-30 Sep 1921)
Detached to the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1921-31 May 1922)
Liaison-Officer of the Commander Döberitz and the Reichs Traffic Ministry (01 Jun 1922-31 May 1923)
Transferred to the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Jun 1923-1929)
Studying at the Technical College Berlin (1929-30 Sep 1934)
Commander of the 19th Antitank-Battalion (01 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1937)
Transferred to the Staff of Group-Command 4 (01 Apr 1937-14 Feb 1938)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Department-Chief in the RLM and Deputy Inspector Of The Luftwaffe (15 Feb 1938-13 Sep 1940)
Transferred to the Staff of Air-Region-Command Belgium-North France (14 Jun 1940-30 Sep 1941)
Acting-Inspector of Motor Transport Affairs of the Luftwaffe (16 Aug 1941-30 Sep 1941)
Inspector of Motor Transport Affairs of the Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1941-05 Jun 1942)
Shot himself because a threatened Court Martial for Military Insubordination (05 Jun 1942)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- k.u.k. Österr. Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz II. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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