General der Flieger Friedrich-Carl Hanesse Born: 21 Sep 1892 in Worms Died: 12 May 1975 in Wiesbaden Promotions:
F�hnrich (19 Nov 1912); Leutnant (18 Aug 1913); Oberleutnant (05 Oct 1916); Hauptmann (01 Jan 1924); Major (01 Sep 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1935); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1942); General der Flieger (01 Jan 1944) Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker, Battery-Officer and Platoon-Leader in the 25th Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Mar 1912-23 Mar 1915)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 112th Field-Artillery-Regiment (24 Mar 1915-31 Aug 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 112th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Sep 1916-14 Feb 1917)
Flying-Training with Army-Flight-Park 2 (15 Feb 1917-31 May 1917)
Pilot with the Field-Flying-Battalion A 225 (01 Jun 1917-31 Mar 1918)
Leader of Protection-Squadron 9 (01 Apr 1918-31 May 1918)
Leader of Battle-Squadron 2 (01 Jun 1918-30 Jun 1918)
Commander of Battle-Group III (01 Jul 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Adjutant of the Border-Protection-Flying-Squadron 400 (01 Dec 1918-31 Jan 1919)
With the Air-Base Brieg (01 Feb 1919-31 Dec 1919)
With the Air-Base Paderborn (01 Jan 1920-31 May 1920)
With the 6th Motor-Transport-Column (01 Jun 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Battery-Officer in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1921)
Battery-Officer with the Mounted Battalion of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Detached to Cavalry-School, Hannover (01 Oct 1922-30 Sep 1924)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (01 Oct 1924-30 Sep 1926)
With the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-30 Sep 1927)
Flying-Advisor in the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Oct 1927-31 Oct 1931)
Battery-Chief in the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1931-31 Jan 1934)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Course-Leader at the Bomber-School Lechfeld (01 Feb 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Chief of the Attach�-Department, RLM (01 Apr 1935-02 Oct 1937)
Air-Attach� at the Embassy in Paris and at the Legation in Lisbon (03 Oct 1937-02 Sep 1939)
Air-Attach� at the Embassy in Bern (03 Sep 1939-30 Sep 1940)
Commanding General of the German Luftwaffe in Paris (01 Oct 1940-31 Aug 1944)
Commanding General of the Luftwaffe-Supplemental-Corps, Bad Saarow-Pieskow (01 Sep 1944-06 Feb 1945)
Retired (06 Feb 1945)
In French Captivity (00 Jun 1945-00 Dec 1946)
Released (00 Dec 1946)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille
- Grossherzoglich Hessisches Kriegsehrenzeichen in Eisen
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
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