General der Luftnachrichtentruppe Friedrich Fahnert Born: 18 Jan 1879 in Limbach, District Chamnitz Died: 10 Jun 1964 in Baden-Baden Promotions:
F�hnrich (22 Nov 1900); Leutnant (25 Aug 1901); Oberleutnant (28 Jan 1909); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (01 Feb 1923); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1928); Oberst (01 Apr 1931); Charakter als Generalmajor (30 Sep 1932); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1940); General der Luftnachrichtentruppe (01 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 2nd Railway-Regiment, Berlin (20 Mar 1900-11 Sep 1904)
Detached to the War School in Metz (1900-1901)
Detached to the Imperial Protection Troop in German South West Africa (12 Sep 1904-30 Jun 1907)
Company-Officer in the 2nd Railway-Regiment, Berlin (01 Jul 1907-30 Sep 1907)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy, Berlin (01 Oct 1907-27 Mar 1909)
With the 1st Telegraph-Battalion, Berlin (28 Mar 1909-28 Feb 1913)
Detached to the 18th Ulanen-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1911)
Command-Leader at the Military Flying School Halberstadt (01 Mar 1913-30 Sep 1913)
Company-Chief in the 7th Telegraph-Battalion (01 Oct 1913-31 Jul 1914)
Leader of the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Aug 1914-13 Sep 1914)
Leader of the 32nd Field-Flying-Battalion (14 Sep 1914-28 Aug 1915)
Leader of the 21st Field-Flying-Battalion (29 Aug 1915-28 Feb 1916)
Staff-Officer of Flying with the General-Staff of Army-Detachment Scholtz (01 Mar 1916-30 Nov 1916)
Commander of the Flying-Radio-Operator-Department with the Inspection of Flying Troops (01 Dec 1916-31 Oct 1917)
Battalion-Leader with Army-Flight-Park 11 (01 Nov 1917-18 Aug 1918)
Battalion-Leader with Army-Flight-Park 5 (19 Aug 1918-01 Sep 1918)
Company and Temporary-Battalion-Leader in the 171st Infantry-Regiment (02 Sep 1918-31 Oct 1918)
Battalion-Leader in the 171st Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Company-Leader with the II. Territorial-Rifle-Battalion (01 Jan 1919-31 May 1919)
Commander of the 28th Border-Protection-Signals-Battalion (01 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Commander of the Saxon Border-Protection-Infantry-Battalion (01 Oct 1919-01 Nov 1919)
Commander of the 19th Border-Protection-Signals-Battalion (01 Nov 1919-31 Dec 1920)
Staff-Officer for Signals Affairs with the Staff of the 4th Division, Dresden (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1923)
Advisor with the Inspection of Signals Troops, RWM (01 Oct 1923-31 Mar 1927)
Commander of the 4th Signals-Battalion, Dresden (01 Apr 1927-31 Jan 1930)
Liaison-Officer to the Reichs Post Central Officer with the Staff of Group-Command 1, Berlin (01 Feb 1930-30 Sep 1932)
Retired (30 Sep 1932)
Civilian Employee of the Army and Border-Protection-Specialist with the Fortress-Commander Glogau (01 Jan 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Reactivated to the Army as Border-Protection-Specialist with the Staff of the 2nd Cavalry-Division then General-Command of the VIII. Army-Corps (01 Oct 1933-31 Jul 1936)
Transferred to the Luftwaffe as Instructor for Air Signals Affairs at the Air War Academy, Berlin (01 Aug 1936-30 Sep 1938)
At the same time, Inspector of Air Signals Affairs, L In 7, RLM (01 Mar 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Higher Commander of Air Signals Schools, Berlin (01 Oct 1938-30 Apr 1939)
Higher Commander of Air Signals Training Regiments, Berlin (01 May 1939-26 Sep 1940)
At the same time, Higher Signals Leader with Air-Fleet-Command 1 (27 Mar 1940-30 Sep 1940)
Higher Signals Leader with Air-Fleet-Command 1 (01 Oct 1940-30 Sep 1942)
Commander of the Air-Signals-Training-Division France (01 Oct 1942-20 Sep 1944)
Commander of the Air-Signals-Training and Replacement-Division, Berlin (20 Sep 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Higher Commander of the Air-Signals-Instruction-Staff, Halle/Saale (01 Feb 1945-02 May 1945)
In British Captivity (02 May 1945-05 Dec 1947)
Released (05 Dec 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 07.12.1942 als Generalleutnant und H�herer Nachrichtenf�hrer beim Luftflotten-Kommando 1
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Kronen-Orden IV. Klasse
- S�dwestafrikadenkm�nze in Bronze
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Kgl. Preuss. Flieger Erinnerungs-Abzeichen
- Kgl. S�chs. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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