(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Arnold Schütze
Born: 23 Jul 1879 in Hannover
Died: 17 Dec 1945 in Hannover
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (10 Apr 1900); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1902); Oberleutnant zur See (26 Apr 1904); Kapitänleutnant (27 Mar 1909); Korvettenkapitän (13 Jul 1916); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1935); Oberst (01 Aug 1937); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Basic-Training at the Naval-School (10 Apr 1899-18 May 1899)
Seekadett on Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (19 May 1899-31 Mar 1900)
Training at the Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1900-30 Sep 1901)
Departed to East Asia (01 Oct 1901-22 Nov 1901)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (23 Nov 1901-00 Jun 1903)
Returned Home from East Asia and Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection (00 Jun 1903-30 Sep 1903)
Company-Officer in the I. Torpedo-Battalion (01 Oct 1903-30 Sep 1905)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Division-Boat ‘D 3’ (01 Oct 1903-15 May 1904)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 110’ (16 May 1904-17 Jun 1904)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 120’ (22 Jun 1904-20 Sep 1904)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 124’ (08 Oct 1904-22 Dec 1904)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 35’ (01 May 1905-14 Aug 1905)
Torpedo-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Prinz Heinrich’ (01 Oct 1905-04 Apr 1906)
Torpedo-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Roon’ (05 Apr 1906-30 Sep 1907)
Detached to the Staff and Court-Officer of the I. Sailor-Division (01 Oct 1907-30 Sep 1908)
Company-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 141’ (04 Jan 1909-06 Mar 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 141’ (01 Nov 1909-27 Nov 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 141’ (24 Jan 1910-25 Jan 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 141’ (04 Apr 1910-10 Jun 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 141’ (06 Aug 1910-07 Aug 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 141’ (23 Aug 1910-10 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 141’ (13 Mar 1911-25 Mar 1911)
Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (01 Oct 1911-30 Sep 1913)
Company-Officer in the I. Sailor-Division (01 Oct 1913-31 Mar 1914)
Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1914-30 Sep 1914)
Torpedo and Navigation Officer on the Liner ‘Markgraf’ (01 Oct 1914-31 Mar 1917)
Training as Airship-Commandant with the Naval-Airship-Battalion (01 Apr 1917-31 Aug 1917)
Commandant of the Airship ‘L 58’ (01 Sep 1917-31 Jan 1918)
Commandant of the Airship ‘L 64’ (01 Feb 1928-31 Aug 1918)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Yawusz Sultan Selim’ (Ex-‘Goeben’) (01 Sep 1918-02 Nov 1918)
Returned Home, Placed to Disposal and Granted Leave (03 Nov 1918-05 Nov 1919)
Retired (05 Nov 1919)
Entered the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Nov 1941) and Economics-Officer of the Luftwaffe in Hamburg (01 Jun 1935-30 Apr 1941)
Armaments-Inspector Bohemia and Moravia (01 May 1941-31 Jul 1942)
Retired (31 Jul 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command XI, Hamburg (01 Aug 1942-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)

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