(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans Prockl
Born: 18 May 1894 in Falkenberg, District Tirschenreuth
Died: 06 Nov 1965 in Würzburg
Promotions:
Offiziers-Aspirant (16 Feb 1915); Vizewachtmeister der Reserve (18 Oct 1915); Leutnant der Reserve (10 Jul 1916); Charakter als Oberleutnant der Reserve (05 Aug 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (01 May 1921); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Jan 1923); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Dec 1930); Hauptmann (01 Sep 1935); Major (01 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1941); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserves as a War Volunteer in the 3rd Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (03 Aug 1914-18 Feb 1915)
Reserve-Officer-Aspirant and Battery-Officer in the Bavarian Replacement-Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Feb 1915-06 Oct 1918)
Detached to Flying-School Sisonne (21 Feb 1917-04 Mar 1917)
Signals-Officer with the Artillery-Commander then in the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Oct 1918-12 May 1919)
Company-Officer with the 21st Reichswehr-Signals-Battalion then with Freikorps Epp (13 May 1919-18 Dec 1919)
With the Processing-Office of the Signals-Troops (19 Dec 1919-09 Apr 1920)
Retired (09 Apr 1920)
Entered Police Service with the Bavarian State-Police in Nuremberg-Fürth (01 May 1921-31 Aug 1935)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service and at Officer-Course at the Air-Signals-School, Halle/Saale (01 Sep 1935-31 Jan 1936)
Chief of the Board-Radio-Operator-Company Bad Sulza (Air-Signals-School Halle/Saale) (01 Feb 1936-31 Aug 1936)
I/NVW with Air-District-Command V, Munich (01 Sep 1936-31 May 1938)
I/NVW with Air-Region-Command V, Stuttgart (01 Jun 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 12th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment, Wiesbaden (01 Jul 1938-31 Aug 1939)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command XII, Wiesbaden and Commander of the 12th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (01 Sep 1939-19 Mar 1940)
Signals-Commandant Würzburg (20 Mar 1940-16 Feb 1941)
Signals-Commandant Radom, Poland (17 Feb 1941-24 Sep 1941)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command II and Commander of the 2nd Air-Region-Signals-Regiment, Warsaw, Poland (25 Sep 1941-30 Jan 1943)
Signals-Leader with Field-Air-Region-Command XXVI, Riga, Latvia (31 Jan 1943-05 Sep 1944)
Signals-Leader with the Liaison-Staff of OKL West, Eltville then Mayen, Eifel (06 Sep 1944-15 Nov 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the 2nd Air-Signals-Training and Replacement-Regiment, Gütersloh (16 Nov 1944-25 Jan 1945)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command III, Berlin (26 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-13 Dec 1947)
Released (13 Dec 1947)

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