(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Fritz Prestien
Born: 06 Mar 1887 in Gotha
Died: 08 Jan 1972 in Bensheim
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (10 Mar 1904); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1904); Leutnant (18 Aug 1905); Oberleutnant (03 Aug 1914); Hauptmann (18 Aug 1916); Major (01 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Feb 1940); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army in the 173rd Infantry-Regiment (10 Mar 1904-17 Nov 1911)
Transferred into the 142nd Infantry-Regiment (18 Nov 1911-28 Feb 1913)
Detached to Flying-Station Straßburg (01 Mar 1913-31 May 1913)
Detached to Flying-School Leipzig (01 Jun 1913-31 Jul 1913)
Detached to Flying-Station Posen (01 Aug 1913-30 Sep 1913)
Detached to Flying-Station Metz (01 Oct 1913-02 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the Field-Flying-Battalion 5 b (03 Aug 1914-26 Nov 1914)
Pilot with Messenger-Pigeon-Battalion of the 6th Army (27 Nov 1914-03 Jun 1915)
Pilot with the 6th Field-Flying-Battalion (04 Jun 1915-26 Jul 1915)
Pilot with the Messenger-Pigeon-Battalion O (25 Jul 1915-06 Aug 1915)
Pilot with the Messenger-Pigeon-Battalion M (07 Aug 1915-03 Feb 1916)
Leader of Combat-Squadron 7 (04 Feb 1916-27 Sep 1916)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection Of Flying (28 Sep 1916-20 Apr 1917)
Detached to the Flight-Master Adlershof (21 Apr 1917-30 Apr 1917)
Commander of the Physical Battalion Adlershof (01 May 1917-19 May 1918)
Detached to Field-Flying-Battalion A 216 (20 May 1918-28 May 1918)
Leader of the Field-Flying-Battalion A 216 (29 May 1918-04 Dec 1918)
With the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion and Granted Leave (05 Dec 1918-30 Sep 1919)
Retired (30 Sep 1919)
Instructor at the Commercial-Flying-School Braunschweig (01 Apr 1933-31 May 1934)
Instructor at the Flying-School Gotha (01 Jun 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Flight-Leader Gotha (01 Oct 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 15 Dec 1938) and Air-Base-Commandant Gotha (01 Mar 1935-31 Mar 1936)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command 7 (01 Apr 1936-30 Jun 1938)
Quartermaster II with Air-Region-Command IV (01 Jul 1938-14 Jul 1939)
With the Staff of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 4 (15 Jul 1939-22 Mar 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 4/III (22 Mar 1944-11 Feb 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division (12 Feb 1945-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)

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