General der Flieger Alexander Andrae Born: 27 Apr 1888 in K�sling Died: 03 Apr 1979 in Wiesbaden Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 May 1907); Leutnant (27 Jan 1908); Oberleutnant (28 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (18 Dec 1915); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Feb 1920); Polizei-Major (13 Jul 1921); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (21 Mar 1933); Polizei-Oberst (20 Apr 1934); Oberst (15 Oct 1935); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1940); General der Flieger (01 Jul 1941); General der Artillerie (00 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (17 Jun 1906)
Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 18th Field-Artillery-Regiment, Detached to the Field-Artillery-School and with the Military-Gymnasium and Rifle-Factory in Erfurt (17 Jun 1906-30 Sep 1913)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 18th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-28 Feb 1914)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 18th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Mar 1914-27 Mar 1915)
Adjutant of the 56th Field-Artillery-Brigade (28 Mar 1915-30 Sep 1916)
2nd General-Staff-Officer in the High-Command of the 2nd Army (01 Oct 1916-08 Dec 1916)
Standing General-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the 25th Infantry-Division (09 Dec 1916-06 Jan 1917)
With the Staff of the 9th Landwehr-Division (07 Jan 1917-00 Feb 1917)
General-Staff-Officer in the General-Command of the XVI. Army-Corps, at the same time for 14 days was Company-Leader in the 177th Infantry-Regiment (00 Feb 1917-17 Nov 1917)
At the same time, was Detached to General Staff Courses (00 Jul 1917-00 Sep 1917)
General-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the General-Government of Antwerp (18 Nov 1917-31 Aug 1918)
Assigned to the General-Command of the Guard-Corps for Special Duties (01 Sep 1918-27 Jan 1919)
Detached to the Signals-Office of the Foreign-Office (28 Jan 1919-02 Mar 1919)
General-Staff-Officer in the General-Command of the VI. Army-Corps (03 Mar 1919-26 Jun 1919)
In the Staff of the Infantry-Leader of the 6th Reichswehr-Brigade (27 Jun 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Feb 1920)
Chief of Staff of the Security-Police of Schleswig-Holstein (01 Feb 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Specialist in the Higher Presidency in Kiel (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1922)
Commander of the Protection-Police in Cottbus (01 Oct 1922-31 Jul 1925)
Instructor and Administrator in the Research-Department at the Higher Police-School in Eiche (01 Aug 1925-31 Dec 1926)
Instructor and Administrator at the Police-Institute in Berlin (01 Jan 1927-31 Mar 1931)
Deputy Commander of the Police-Inspection of the Police-Administration in Berlin (01 Apr 1931-31 Dec 1932)
Acting-Director of the Police-Institute of Berlin, Higher Police-School in Eiche (01 Jan 1933-24 Mar 1933)
Delegated with the Leadership of the Higher Police-School in Eiche (25 Mar 1933-31 May 1934)
Commander of the State-Police-Group Stettin (01 Jun 1934-30 Jun 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (01 Jul 1935)
Detached to the Artillery-Regiment Stettin (01 Jul 1935-14 Oct 1935)
Oberst in the Staff of the 12th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-31 Jul 1936)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service (01 Aug 1936)
Detached to Observer-Course at the Flying-School in Braunschweig (01 Aug 1936-31 Oct 1936)
Commander of the Air-War-School (01 Nov 1936-25 Aug 1939)
At the same time, was Inspector of the Education and Training Affairs of the Luftwaffe (01 Feb 1938-25 Aug 1939)
Commander of Air-Region-Staff 17 (Polen) (26 Aug 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Inspector of the Education and Training Affairs of the Luftwaffe and Commander of the Air-War-School (01 Oct 1939-07 Mar 1940)
Commander of Air-Region-Staff 300 (Denmark) (08 Mar 1940-18 Apr 1941)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 2 (19 Apr 1941-29 Apr 1941)
Commander General and Commander of Air-Region Balkans and at the same time, was Commander of the Luftwaffe-Staff Crete (30 Apr 1941-20 Jul 1941)
Commandant of Fortress Crete (21 Jul 1941-30 Aug 1942)
Officer with Special Duties with the RLM (30 Aug 1942-31 May 1943)
Retired from Luftwaffe-Service (31 May 1943)
Entered Army Service (00 Apr 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Army-High-Command of the 4th Panzer-Army (00 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In British, later Greek captivity (08 May 1945-10 Jan 1952)
Condemned to 4 Life-Sentences (00 Dec 1947)
Commuted to 4 years in prison (24 Dec 1951)
Released (10 Jan 1952)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange "Prager Burg"
- Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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