General der Flieger Joachim Coeler Born: 01 Jun 1891 in Posen Died: 14 May 1955 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (12 Apr 1913); Leutnant zur See (22 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917); Kapit�nleutnant (01 Jan 1924); Korvettenkapit�n (01 Oct 1931); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1934); Oberst (01 Apr 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (19 Jul 1940); General der Flieger (01 Jan 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and attended Infantry-Training at the Naval-School (01 Apr 1912-13 May 1912)
Kadett on Board the School-Ship �Vineta� (14 May 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Officer-Course at the Naval-School (01 Apr 1913-31 Mar 1914)
Artillery-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (01 Apr 1914-27 Jun 1914)
Torpedo-Course on the Torpedo-School-Ship �Bl�cher� (28 Jun 1914-30 Jul 1914)
Detached to the II. Sailor-Division (31 Jul 1914-06 Aug 1914)
On Board the Liner �Brandenburg� (07 Aug 1914-05 Mar 1915)
Flying-Training and Pilot with the I. Sea-Flying-Battalion in Putzig, Holtenau and Flensburg (06 Mar 1915-02 Jul 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Sea-Flying-Battalion of the North Sea (03 Jul 1919-30 May 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (31 May 1920-18 Oct 1920)
Company-Leader with the I. Battalion of the Ship�s-Cadre-Division of the North Sea, at the same time Ship�s-Cadre �Braunschweig� (19 Oct 1920-28 Feb 1922)
Divisions and Watch Officer in the Liner �Braunschweig� (01 Mar 1922-30 Jan 1924)
At the same time, Flak-Course at the Coastal-Artillery-School (27 Sep 1923-24 Oct 1923)
Company-Leader with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (21 Jan 1924-22 Sep 1925)
Naval Signals Officer Wilhelmshaven (23 Sep 1925-31 May 1926)
Advisor in the Sea-Transport-Department, Naval Command (01 Jun 1926-31 Mar 1928)
Advisor in the Air-Protection-Group, Naval Command (01 Apr 1928-19 Mar 1930)
At the same time, Temporary Director of Air-Protection-Group (09 Jun 1929-22 Sep 1929)
II. Navigations-Officer and Adjutant on the Liner �Schleswig-Holstein� (20 Mar 1930-31 Jan 1931)
Navigations-Officer on the Liner �Hessen� (01 Feb 1931-26 Sep 1932)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval Command � Director of the Experimental-Flying-Command in Warnem�nde (27 Sep 1932-30 Sep 1933)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and Commander of the Sea-Observer-School in Warnem�nde (01 Oct 1933-30 Sep 1934)
At the same time, Commander of the Flying-School Sea (29 Mar 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Director of the Liaison-Office Wilhelmshaven of Air-District-Command VI (Sea) (01 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1935)
With the Staff of the Inspector of Sea-Flying with the Staff of Air-District-Command VI (Sea) (01 Apr 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Inspector of Sea-Flying with Air-District-Command VI (Sea) (01 Apr 1936-03 Feb 1938)
Inspector of Sea-Flying with Air-District-Command Sea, Kiel (04 Feb 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Officer with Special Duties with the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Feb 1939-31 Mar 1939)
Leader of the Naval-Air-Force (FdLuft) (01 Apr 1939-29 Jun 1939)
Leader of the Naval-Air-Force West (FdLuftWest) (30 Jun 1939-25 Apr 1940)
Commander of the 9th Flying-Division (01 Feb 1940-15 Oct 1940)
Commanding General of IX. Flying-Corps (16 Oct 1940-13 Dec 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (14 Dec 1942-29 Apr 1943)
Commanding General of XIV. Flying-Corps (30 Apr 1943-29 Aug 1944)
General of Transport Flying (29 aug 1944-04 Feb 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of Air-Fleet Reich, F�hrer-Reserve OKL (05 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 12.07.1940 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 9. Flieger-Division
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Abzeichen f�r Marine-Flugzeugf�hrer von Landflugzeugen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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