(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Friedrich Weil
Born: 05 May 1895 in Elberfeld
Died: 10 Feb 1964 in Hannover
Promotions:
Gefreiter (01 Jul 1914); Unteroffizier (21 Nov 1914); Vizefeldwebel (11 May 1916); Leutnant der Reserve (13 Dec 1916); Polizei-Leutnant (15 Dec 1921); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1924); Polizei-Hauptmann (14 Dec 1928); Polizei-Major (01 Aug 1935); Major (01 Apr 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army (01 Oct 1913)
One-Year-Volunteer, Platoon and Company Officer and Company-Leader in the 68th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-27 Jan 1918)
Pilot-Training with the 2nd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (28 Jan 1918-28 Feb 1919)
Weapons-Officer with the 2nd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Mar 1919-23 Mar 1919)
Company-Leader in the Sniper-Battalion Palmer, Border-Protection East (24 Mar 1919-04 Jul 1919)
Adjutant of Sniper-Battalion Palmer, Border-Protection East (05 Jul 1919-13 Aug 1919)
Company-Leader in the 84th Infantry-Regiment then Platoon-Leader in the 3rd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (14 Aug 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
Entered Police Servive (16 Apr 1920)
Police-Officer-Aspirant with the Police-Administration Elberfeld (16 Apr 1920-23 Jan 1921)
Auxiliary-Police-Commissioner with the Police-Administration Cologne (24 Jan 1921-14 Dec 1921)
Platoon-Leader and Specialist with the Police-Inspection North, Chief of Police-District 17 then 1, Cologne (15 Dec 1921-25 Jul 1926)
Training-Officer, Police-Lecturer and Training-Department-Leader at the Police-School Bonn (26 Jul 1926-16 May 1932)
Leader of the 4th Alarm of the Police-Administration Cologne (17 May 1932-31 May 1933)
Chief of the 4th Company of State-Police-Department Cologne (01 Jun 1933-30 Jun 1935)
Commander of State-Police-Department Cologne (01 Jul 1935-09 Mar 1936)
Transferred into the Army (10 Mar 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (10 Mar 1936-31 Mar 1936)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Apr 1936)
Detached to Air-Signals-School, Halle/Saale (01 Apr 1936-31 Jul 1936)
Detached to Air-Signals-Company Gütersloh (01 Aug 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Chief of the 6th Company of Air-Signals-Replacement-Battalion II/14, Gütersloh (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Administrator I/NVW with Air-Region-Command XI and Commander of the II. Battalion of the 17th Air-Signals-Regiment (01 Apr 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 11th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (01 Jul 1938-31 Aug 1939)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command XI and Commander of the 11th Air-Region-Signals-Regiment (01 Sep 1939-30 Apr 1940)
Commander of the 14th Air-Signals-Regiment (01 May 1940-28 Feb 1941)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command XII/XIII (01 Mar 1941-30 Sep 1941)
Signals-Leader with the V. Flying-Corps (01 Oct 1941-31 Mar 1942)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command Belgium-North France (01 Apr 1942-06 Sep 1944)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command XIV, Wiesbaden (06 Sep 1944-10 May 1945)
In US Captivity (10 May 1945-12 Jul 1947)
Released (12 Jul 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutches Kreuz in Silber (?? ??? 1945)


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