(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Carl-August Schumacher
Born: 19 Feb 1896 in Rheine, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Died: 22 May 1967 in Bad Godesberg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (01 Oct 1916); Leutnant zur See (17 Mar 1918); Oberleutnant (01 Mar 1933); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1933); Major (01 Aug 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1939); Oberst (19 Jul 1940); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as a War Volunteer in the 7th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Aug 1914-31 Jan 1915)
War Volunteer in the 43rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1915-31 Dec 1915)
Detached to the Replacement-Battalion of the 7th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1916-02 Jan 1916)
Transferred into the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Training and Courses (03 Jan 1916-14 Jul 1917)
Flying-Training with the I. Sea-Flying-Battalion, Observer and Radio-Operator Training (15 Jul 1917-11 Oct 1917)
Observer and Pilot with the Sea-Flying-Stations Wyk, Föhr, Apenrade, Ösel and Bug (12 Oct 1917-20 May 1918)
Observation-Officer on the Flight-Mother-Ship ‘Answald’ (21 May 1918-24 Sep 1918)
Pilot with the Greater-Aircraft-Squadron Baltic Sea (25 Sep 1918-00 Nov 1918)
Pilot with the Sea-Flying-Station Holtenau (00 Nov 1918-22 Nov 1919)
Retired (22 Nov 1919)
Entered Luftwaffe Service with the Staff of the German Commercial-Flying-School Berlin (01 Mar 1933-30 Apr 1934)
With the Inspection of Flying-Schools (01 May 1934-30 Jun 1934)
Detached to the Pilot-School Land (01 Jul 1934-14 Oct 1934)
Detached to Infantry-Course Döberitz (15 Oct 1934-14 Dec 1934)
Company-Chief in the 16th Flying-Battalion (Sea), Holtenau (15 Dec 1934-31 Jul 1936)
Squadron-Captain with the Sea-Air-Base Jever and in Fighter-Group 136, Pilsen (01 Aug 1936-30 Jun 1938)
Group-Commander in Fighter-Wing 136 (01 Jul 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Commander of II. Group in Fighter-Wing 77 and Air-Base-Commandant Pilsen (01 Apr 1939-11 Dec 1939)
Commodore of Fighter-Wing 1 (12 Dec 1939-31 Jul 1941)
At the same time, Fighter-Leader Deutsche Bucht (01 Aug 1940-31 Jul 1941)
Fighter-Leader Norway (01 Aug 1941-30 Apr 1943)
Special-Command in Romania – Training of the Royal Romanian Air Force (01 May 1943-31 Mar 1944)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command XI, Hamburg (01 Apr 1944-30 Sep 1944)
Special Tasks and Sick Leave (01 Oct 1944-29 Jan 1945)
Chief of the NS-Operations-Staff in the Luftwaffe High Command, RLM (30 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-01 Apr 1947)
Released (01 Apr 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (21 Jul 1940)


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