(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Arthur Laumann
Born: 04 Jul 1894 in Essen, Ruhr
Died: 19 Nov 1970 in Münster, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Promotions:
Gefreiter (15 Feb 1915); Unteroffizier (01 Aug 1915); Vizewachtmeister (24 Oct 1915); Offizier-Stellvertreter (13 Jan 1917); Leutnant der Reserve (19 May 1917); SA-Standartenführer (24 Aug 1932); Major (01 Apr 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1937); Charakter als Oberst (27 Aug 1939); Oberst (01 Jan 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1945)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserves with the 83rd Field-Artillery-Regiment/40th Artillery-Ranging-Troop (02 Aug 1914-14 Aug 1917)
Pilot-Training with the 13th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (15 Aug 1917-26 Feb 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 7 (27 Feb 1918-05 Mar 1918)
Pilot with the 265th Flying-Battalion (06 Mar 1918-18 May 1918)
Pilot and Leader of the Fighter-Squadron 66 (19 May 1918-12 Aug 1918)
Leader of Fighter-Squadron 10 (13 Aug 1918-09 Nov 1918)
Transferred to the Signals-Battalion of Military-District-Command VI (10 Nov 1918-00 Aug 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the 83rd Field-Artillery-Regiment and Granted Leave (00 Aug 1919-31 Dec 1920)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Flying-Advisor with the SA-Group Lower Rhine (00 Jul 1932-1933)
Leader of Flying-State-Group VI Rhineland of the German Air Sport Formation (DLV) (1933-31 Mar 1935)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as Commander of Air-Region-Reserve 12, Cologne (01 Apr 1935-1935)
Squadron-Captain of II. Group in Fighter-Wing 132 ‘Richthofen’ (1935-31 Jan 1939)
Commander of II. Group of Fighter-Wing 132 ‘Richthofen’ (01 Feb 1939-04 Sep 1939)
Luftwaffe-Attaché at the Embassy in Belgrade and Athens, with Seat in Belgrade (05 Sep 1939-28 May 1941)
Detached for Briefing as an Airport-Area-Commandant 3/VIII (29 May 1941-14 Jan 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant 6/XVII (14 Jan 1942-20 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL (20 Sep 1943-01 Mar 1945)
Retired (01 Mar 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Pour le mérite: am 25.10.1918 als Leutnant der Reserve und Führer der Jagdstaffel 10
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 07.09.1918
- 1914 EK I: 17.07.1918
- 1914 EK II: 08.02.1916
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen: 18.05.1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse
- Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen: 15.12.1936
- Kriegserinnerungs-Ärmelband „Jagdgeschwader Freiherr von Richthofen Nr. 1 1917/1918“
- Komturkreuz des Kgl. Italien. Römischen Adlers
- Kroatisches Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Jugosl. Orden der weissen Adler III. Klasse
- Kroatisches Kriegsorden des Eisernen Kleeblatts I. Klasse
- Kroatischer Kriegsorden des Ordens der Krone des Königs Zvonimir I. Stufe mit Schwertern<

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