(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Fritz Reinshagen
Born: 06 Feb 1897 in Elberfeld
Died: 10 May 1979 in Herford
Promotions:
Gefreiter (01 Oct 1914; Unteroffizier (17 Nov 1914); Fähnrich (16 Feb 1915); Leutnant (08 May 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Hauptmann (01 Mar 1931); Major (01 May 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1937); Oberst (01 Jan 1940); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army as a War Volunteer in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (05 Aug 1914-24 Jan 1915)
Company-Officer in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (25 Jan 1915-06 Dec 1916)
Company-Leader in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (07 Dec 1916-11 Aug 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 7 (12 Aug 1917-10 Sep 1917)
Observer-Training with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Gotha (11 Sep 1917-11 Oct 1917)
Detached to Bombing-Course with the Bomber-Instruction-Battalion Frankfurt, Oder (12 Oct 1917-23 Oct 1917)
Detached to Officers-Flying-Radio-Instruction-Battalion Neuruppin then Warsaw (24 Oct 1917-10 Jan 1918)
Detached to the 4th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Posen (11 Jan 1918-29 Jan 1918)
Training at the Observer-School Warsaw (30 Jan 1918-30 Mar 1918)
Detached to the Inspection for Photography and Equipment, Karlshorst (31 Mar 1919-22 May 1918)
Detached to Flying-School Asch (23 May 1918-05 Jun 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 7 (06 Jun 1918-08 Jun 1918)
Observer with Flying-Battalion A 277 (09 Jun 1918-20 Aug 1918)
Observer with Flying-Battalion 39 (L) (21 Aug 1918-10 Dec 1918)
Company-Officer in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (11 Dec 1918-04 Feb 1919)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (05 Feb 1919-31 Mar 1919)
Company-Officer in Freikorps Severin (01 Apr 1919-14 Jun 1919)
Company-Officer in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jun 1919-31 Dec 1920)
Detached to Course for Physical-Training at Stuttgart (04 Jun 1920-20 Sep 1920)
Recruitment-Officer in the 18th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1924)
Training-Course for Signals-Officers with the 6th Signals-Battalion, Hannover (01 Nov 1921-16 Dec 1921)
Platoon-Leader and Signals-Officer in the 18th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-30 Sep 1928)
Detached to 3rd Officers-Weapons-School-Course at Dresden (08 Apr 1926-20 Aug 1926)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Oct 1928-02 Nov 1930)
Detached to the 7th Signals-Battalion (01 Jun 1929-25 Sep 1929)
Detached to the 4th Motor-Transport-Battalion (15 Jun 1930-25 Sep 1930)
Detached to the Commander Berlin (03 Nov 1930-15 Jun 1931)
Photographic-Officer with the Staff of the 1st Division (16 Jun 1931-30 Apr 1934)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Squadron-Captain of the Long-Range-Reconnaissance-Squadron 1/121 and Air-Base-Commandant Neuhausen (01 May 1934-31 Jan 1936)
Group-Leader with Air-District-Command III (01 Feb 1936-28 Feb 1937)
Commander of the Flying-Photography-School Hildesheim (01 Mar 1937-14 Jan 1939)
Commander of the Officer-Candidate-Course at the Air War School 4, Fürstenfeldbruck (15 Jan 1939-31 Aug 1939)
Chief Of Staff of the Commander of Luftwaffe with the 14th Army (01 Sep 1939-22 Oct 1939)
Chief Of Staff of the Commander of Luftwaffe with the 12th Army (23 Oct 1939-02 May 1940)
Commander of Luftwaffe with the 1st Army (03 May 1940-16 Mar 1941)
Department-Chief in the RLM (17 Mar 1941-03 Sep 1941)
Commander of Luftwaffe with the 4th Army (04 Sep 1941-21 Dec 1941)
Commander of Luftwaffe with the 12th Army (22 Dec 1941-31 May 1942)
Commander of the Long-Range-Reconnaissance-School Perleberg (01 Jun 1942-01 Apr 1943)
Commander of the 36th Luftwaffe-Jäger-Regiment (02 Apr 1943-25 Aug 1943)
Commander of the 18th Luftwaffe-Field-Division (26 Aug 1943-27 Oct 1943)
Commander of Air War School 9, Czenstochau (02 Nov 1943-23 Feb 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKL (24 Feb 1945-31 Mar 1945)
Chief Of Staff of Luftwaffe-Operations-Staff East (01 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity then Interned (08 May 1945-25 Feb 1948)
Released (25 Feb 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Fürstl. Schaumburg-Lippisches Kreuz für treue Dienste 1914
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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