General der Flakartillerie Friedrich (Fritz) Heilingbrunner Born: 05 Oct 1891 in Bamberg Died: 17 Aug 1977 in Edling-Wasserburg Promotions:
F�hnrich (03 Mar 1911); Leutnant (28 Oct 1912); Oberleutnant (14 Jan 1916); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1921); Major (01 Apr 1932); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1934); Oberst (01 Aug 1936); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1941); General der Flakartillerie (01 Jul 1942) Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jul 1910-27 Oct 1912)
Detached to War School in Munich (01 Oct 1911-30 Sep 1912)
Battery-Officer, Platoon-Leader and Battery-Leader in the 3rd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (28 Oct 1912-25 Mar 1919)
At the same time, Battery-Chief in the Turkish Army (Gallipoli Peninsula and Macedonia) (00 Oct 1915-00 Jul 1917)
In Freikorps Epp (26 Mar 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 21st Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Battery-Officer in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1923)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1927)
Instructor at the Artillery-School J�terbog (01 Oct 1927-31 Mar 1932)
Major with the Staff of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1932-30 Sep 1933)
Commander of Transport-Battalion F�rth (01 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Commander of Flak-Battalion F�rth (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Higher Commander Of Flak Artillery in Air-District V (01 Oct 1935-28 Feb 1938)
Commanding General and Commander on Air-Region XII, Wiesbaden (01 Mar 1938-30 Jan 1941)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region XII/XIII, Wiesbaden (31 Jan 1941-17 Mar 1943)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region XII, Wiesbaden (18 May 1943-31 Mar 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (01 Apr 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubil�ums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- T�rkische Silberne Liakat-Medaille mit S�bel
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
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