(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Wolfgang Rüter
Born: 08 Oct 1892 in Halberstadt
Died: 24 Apr 1945 by Strehla, Elbe (KIA)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (22 May 1912); Leutnant (18 Feb 1913); Oberleutnant (06 Jun 1916); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1923); Major (01 Apr 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1938); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1939)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 56th Field-Artillery-Regiment (25 Sep 1911-23 Oct 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 56th Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jan 1916-26 Feb 1917)
Battery-Leader in the 20th Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Feb 1917-06 Mar 1917)
Battery-Leader in the 4th Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Mar 1917-20 Aug 1917)
Detached to the Flak-Replacement-Regiment (21 Aug 1917-16 Nov 1917)
Leader of the 169th Heavy Cannon-Flak-Battery (17 Nov 1917-13 Jun 1918)
Adjutant of the Commander of Flak with Army High Command 17 (14 Jun 1918-11 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the 56th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Dec 1918-10 Jan 1919)
With Border-Protection-Section-Command Lissa (11 Jan 1919-19 Jan 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 10th Field-Artillery-Brigade (20 Jan 1919-25 Jul 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (26 Jul 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Battery-Officer and Platoon-Leader in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1923)
Battery-Chief in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1929)
Artillery-Instructor at the Infantry-School Dresden (01 Oct 1929-30 Sep 1932)
Commander of the 2nd Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1932-30 Sep 1934)
Commander of the Transport-Battalion Stettin (01 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Commander of Flak-Battalion Stettin (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 2nd Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1935-26 Jan 1937)
Detached to the Legion Condor (Spain) (27 Jan 1937-31 Mar 1937)
Commander of the 29th Flak-Regiment (01 Apr 1939-23 Aug 1939)
Commander of Flak-Group Frankfurt/Main, Darmstadt then Mainz (24 Aug 1939-14 Jan 1940)
Temporary-Commander of Air-Defence-Command 3, Hannover (15 Jan 1940-28 Feb 1940)
Commander of Air-Defence-Command 6, Brussels (29 Feb 1940-30 Sep 1940)
Commander of the Reichs-Institute for Air-Protection (01 Oct 1940-04 May 1941)
Higher Column Leader with Air-Fleet 4 (05 May 1941-30 Jun 1941)
Commander of Flak-Brigade XIV. (Norway) (01 Jul 1941-12 Jul 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL (12 Jul 1943-31 May 1944)
Discharged from the Army (31 May 1944)
Due to the thoughtless extraction of another of the Military Service, and to continued disobedience and unjustified hunting as well as negligent disobedience he was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment by the Reichs-War-Court (11 Jan 1945)
Killed-in-Action as a Soldier of the Volkssturm (24 Apr 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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