(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Dipl.Ing. Werner Zech
Born: 25 Feb 1895 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstadt
Died: 06 Oct 1981 in Stuttgart
Diploma In Engineering: 22 Jun 1923
Promotions:
Fähnrich (11 Feb 1914); Leutnant (07 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1918); Charakter als Hauptmann (31 Dec 1920); Hauptmann (01 Jun 1934); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (18 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1939); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army (25 Jun 1913)
Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 125th Infantry-Regiment (25 Jun 1913-20 Feb 1915)
Detached to War School Hersfeld (15 Feb 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to Artillery-Depot Stuttgart (01 Oct 1914-31 Jan 1915)
Detached to the Daimler Works, Untertürkheim (01 Feb 1915-20 Feb 1915)
Observer-Training at the Flying School Schwerin (21 Feb 1915-15 May 1915)
Observer-Training with the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (16 May 1915-13 Jun 1915)
Observer with the 12th Field-Flying-Battalion (14 Jun 1915-01 Jan 1916)
Detached to Fokker-Combat-Squadron Grand Headquarters (02 Jan 1916-29 Jun 1916)
Observer with the 42nd Field-Flying-Battalion (30 Jun 1916-09 Jul 1916)
Detached to Fokker-Combat-Flying-Battalion A (10 Jul 1916-05 Oct 1916)
Pilot with Fighter-Squadron 14 (06 Oct 1916-06 Apr 1917)
Pilot with Fighter-Squadron 1 (07 Apr 1917-09 Sep 1917)
Leader of Fighter-Squadron 31 (10 Sep 1917-30 May 1918)
Leader of Flying School Graudenz/8th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (31 May 1918-15 Aug 1918)
Leader of Flying School I, Altenburg/1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (16 Aug 1918-09 Nov 1918)
To Disposal of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 125th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1918-01 May 1919)
Detached to Sports School Stuttgart-Bad Cannstadt (02 May 1919-07 Jul 1919)
Company-Officer in the 25th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (08 Jul 1919-21 Aug 1919)
Company-Officer with the Security-Company Friedrichshafen/25th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (22 Aug 1919-20 Sep 1919)
Company-Officer in the 25th Rifle-Regiment (21 Sep 1919-05 Feb 1920)
Liaison-Officer and Adjutant with the Representatives of the Aviation-Peace-Commission with Military-District-Command IV, Stuttgart (06 Feb 1920-25 Jun 1920)
Liaison-Officer and Adjutant with the Representatives of the Aviation-Peace-Commission with the Staff of the 5th Division (26 Jun 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Entered the Luftwaffe (01 Jun 1934)
In the RLM for Briefing (01 Jun 1934-18 Jun 1934)
Adjutant, Director of the Motor-Vehicle-Group and Leader of the 7th Company of the Technical School, Jüterbog (19 Jun 1934-15 Nov 1934)
Course-Director and Director of the Motor-Vehicle-Group of the Technical School, Jüterbog (16 Nov 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Detached to Course for Reactivated Officers in Königsbrück (02 Feb 1935-31 Mar 1935)
Chief of the Staff-Company and Director of Battalion I - Motor-Vehicle-Group - of the Technical School, Jüterbog (01 Apr 1935-12 Jan 1936)
At the same time, Temporary Director of Branch-Station Adlerhof of the Technical School, Jüterbog (04 May 1935-24 Sep 1935)
Detached to Flying-Group Faßberg (13 Jan 1936-29 Feb 1936)
Detached to Flying-Group Neubrandenburg (01 Mar 1936-11 Mar 1936)
Squadron-Captain with Flying-Group Schwäbisch Hall (12 Mar 1936-31 Dec 1936)
Commander of Flying-Group Schwäbisch Hall and Airbase-Commandant Schwäbisch Hall (01 Jan 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Commander of III. Group of Bomber-Wing 155, renamed Bomber-Wing 76, also, Airbase-Commandant Wels (01 Apr 1938-30 Nov 1939)
Group-Director and Department-Chief in the RLM/L In 2 (01 Dec 1939-16 Jan 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 1st Flying-Division (17 Jan 1943-14 Apr 1943)
Commander of Air-Fleet-Troops of Air-Fleet 6 (15 Apr 1943-27 May 1943)
Flying-Leader 3 (28 May 1943-09 Aug 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 4th Flying-Division (10 Aug 1943-21 Aug 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL - Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (22 Aug 1943-25 Sep 1943)
Commander of the 3rd Flying-Division (26 Sep 1943-14 Feb 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL - Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (15 Feb 1944-13 Jul 1944)
General of Luftwaffe Construction Troops with the Chief of Construction Affairs of the Luftwaffe, RLM (14 Jul 1944-30 Apr 1945)
Retired (30 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity (00 May 1945-27 Jun 1947)
Released (27 Jun 1947)

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