General der Flieger Ulrich Kessler Born: 03 Nov 1894 in Danzig-Langfuhr Died: 27 Mar 1983 in Urach Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (23 Dec 1914); Leutnant zur See (13 Jul 1916); Oberleutnant zur See (28 Sep 1920); Kapit�nleutnant (01 Mar 1926); Korvettenkapit�n (01 Apr 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1935); Oberst (01 Apr 1937); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1941); General der Flieger (01 Sep 1944) Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Training at the Naval-School M�rwik (01 Apr 1914-00 Nov 1914)
Seekadett and Officer-Candidate on Board the Liner �Wittelsbach� (00 Nov 1914-00 Nov 1915)
Officer-In-Waiting on the Small Cruiser �L�beck� (00 Nov 1915-30 Nov 1916)
Training and Briefing (01 Dec 1916-00 Jan 1917)
Flying-Training with the II. Sea-Flying-Battalion, Pilot with the Sea-Flying-Stations Helgoland, Zeebr�gge and Norderney, at the same time, Leader of a Flying-Boat (00 Jan 1917-26 Nov 1918)
With the Guards-Cavalry-Rifle-Division (00 Dec 1918-00 Jan 1919)
With General-Command L�ttwitz (00 Jan 1919-00 Feb 1919)
In the Reichsmarine-Office (00 Feb 1919-31 Aug 1919)
With the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Sep 1919-30 Sep 1921)
Watch-Officer with the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (01 Oct 1921-30 Sep 1923)
Adjutant with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1925)
Watch-Officer and Adjutant on the Cruiser �Hamburg� (01 Oct 1925-15 Apr 1927)
Group-Leader Naval-Flight-Affairs, Naval Command (16 Apr 1927-30 Sep 1929)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (01 Oct 1929-31 Mar 1931)
5th Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of Fleet-Command (01 Apr 1931-30 Sep 1931)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Hessen� (01 Oct 1931-31 Dec 1932)
Expert for Naval-Aviation with the German Delegation at the Disarmament-Conference in Genf (01 Jan 1933-30 Jun 1933)
Advisor in Naval Command (01 Jul 1933-31 Aug 1933)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Group-Leader in Office A, RLM (01 Sep 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Commander of the Flying Weapons School, Warnem�nde (01 Oct 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Training at the Wehrmacht Academy, Berlin (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of Coastal-Flying-Group List/Sylt (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Chief Of Staff of Air-District-Command IV (01 Oct 1937-30 Jun 1938)
In the Luftwaffe General Staff (01 Jul 1938-30 Sep 1938)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1938-14 Nov 1938)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 1 �Hindenburg� (15 Nov 1938-31 Dec 1939)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Fleet 1 (01 Jan 1940-30 Apr 1940)
Chief Of The General Staff of the X. Flying-Corps and Flying-Leader Drontheim (01 May 1940-27 Jun 1940)
Chief Of Staff of Training-Affairs of Luftwaffe and also Chief of Education and Training Affairs of the Luftwaffe, RLM (28 Jun 1940-05 Feb 1942)
Flying-Leader Atlantic (05 Feb 1942-15 Mar 1944)
Chief of the Luftwaffe-Liaison-Staff Tokyo (16 Mar 1944-15 May 1945)
At the same time, Air-Attach� at the German Embassy in Tokyo (22 Jan 1945-15 May 1945)
Surrendered at a US Port with �U 234� on the Return Trip to Germany and in US Captivity (15 May 1945-10 May 1947)
Released (10 May 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 08.04.1944 als Generalleutnant und Fliegerf�hrer Atlantik
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 03.04.1944 als Generalleutnant und Fliegerf�hrer Atlantik
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- L�beckisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz (Marine)
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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