General der Flieger Alfred Mahnke Born: 18 Mar 1888 in Idasheim, Posen Died: 12 Jan 1979 in Eutin Promotions:
F�hnrich (19 Nov 1908); Leutnant (19 Aug 1909); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1915); Hauptmann (27 Jan 1917); Polizei-Hauptmann (15 Nov 1919); Polizei-Major (01 Apr 1925); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (19 Dec 1933); Polizei-Oberst (01 Aug 1934); Oberst (01 Apr 1935); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1940); General der Flieger (01 Sep 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Platoon-Leader in the 1st Railway-Regiment (01 Apr 1908-30 Sep 1912)
Pilot-Training with Flying-Command D�beritz then with the Instruction and Experiment Institute for Military Flight Affairs (01 Oct 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Adjutant of the 2nd Flying-Battalion (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to Staging-Flight-Park 8 (02 Aug 1914-20 Sep 1914)
Flying-Staff-Officer with Army High Command 8 (21 Sep 1914-00 Jan 1915)
Pilot with the 14th Flying-Battalion (00 Jan 1915-17 Apr 1915)
Flying-Staff-Officer with Army High Command 8 (18 Apr 1915-31 Jan 1916)
Flying-Staff-Officer with Army High Command 2 (01 Feb 1916-14 Aug 1916)
Detached to the Staff of Field-Flight-Chief (15 Aug 1916-10 Dec 1916)
Detached to the Staff of the Commanding General of the Air Force (11 Dec 1916-03 Apr 1917)
Transferred to the Staff of the 11th Reserve-Division (04 Apr 1917-06 Oct 1917)
Transferred to the Staff of Special-Purpose-General-Command 57 (07 Oct 1917-16 Feb 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of the General-Command of the XXVI. Reserve-Corps (17 Feb 1918-07 Apr 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 2 (08 Apr 1918-09 May 1918)
Leader of Flying-Battalion A 231 (10 May 1918-07 Mar 1919)
Transferred to the Air-Base K�nigsberg, East Prussia (Volunteer-Regiment Reinhardt) (08 Mar 1919-02 Jul 1919)
Retired (02 Jul 1919)
Entered Police Service as Hauptmann with the Security Police L�tzen (15 Nov 1919-06 Oct 1920)
Unit-Leader with the Protection-Police L�tzen (07 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Protection-Police-Departmental-Head with the Government-Presidency Allenstein (01 Jan 1921-19 Aug 1923)
Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (20 Aug 1923-20 Dec 1923)
Protection-Police-Departmental-Head with the Government-Presidency Allenstein (21 Dec 1923-25 Jan 1924)
District-Training with the Police-Administration K�nigsberg (26 Jan 1924-16 Apr 1924)
Protection-Police-Departmental-Head with the Government-Presidency Allenstein (17 Apr 1924-31 May 1924)
Transferred to the Protection-Police Lyck (01 Jun 1924-14 Sep 1924)
2nd Police-Major-Aspirant-Course at the Higher Police School in Eiche (15 Se[ 1924-17 Dec 1924)
Transferred to the Protection-Police Lyck (18 Dec 1924-31 Mar 1925)
Major with the Protection-Police K�nigsberg (01 Apr 1925-25 Jul 1926)
Administrator with the Government-Presidency K�nigsberg (26 Jul 1926-31 Dec 1928)
Transferred for Information with the Police-Administration Gleiwitz (01 Jan 1929-18 Jan 1929)
Leader of the Police-Inspection Beuthen (19 Jan 1929-14 Sep 1931)
Instructor at the Higher Police School in Eiche (15 Sep 1931-25 Mar 1933)
Chief Of Staff of the Higher Police-Leader East (26 Mar 1933-06 Jan 1934)
Special-Course at the Higher Police School in Eiche (07 Jan 1934-27 Jan 1934)
Chief Of Staff of the State-Police � Inspection East (28 Jan 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as President of the German Air-Sport-Formations, Reichs-Air-Sport-Leader and Inspector of the Luftwaffe-Reserve (01 Apr 1935-31 Jan 1937)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 152 (01 Feb 1937-31 Oct 1938)
Higher Flying Training Commander 6, Hamburg (01 Nov 1938-25 Aug 1939)
Commander of Air-Region-Staff 1 (26 Aug 1939-00 Oct 1939)
Commander of Air-Region-Staff 12 (00 Oct 1939-30 Sep 1940)
Higher Flying Training Commander 10 (01 Oct 1940-31 Mar 1941)
Inspector of Pilot-Training, RLM (01 Apr 1941-31 May 1942)
Commander of Air-Region-Staff 21 (01 Jun 1942-00 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 15th Luftwaffe-Field-Division (00 Oct 1942-01 Jan 1943)
Commander of Flying-Division Donez (02 Jan 1943-31 Mar 1943)
Temporary-Commanding General of the I. Flying-Corps (01 Apr 1943-01 May 1943)
General with Special Duties with Air-Fleet-Command 2 (10 May 1943-31 May 1943)
Commanding General of Air-Region-Command South, Milan (01 Jun 1943-30 Jul 1943)
Commanding General and Commander of Field-Air-Region-Command XXVIII, Milan (31 Jul 1943-31 Oct 1944)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Catch-Staff North, Hamburg (04 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-23 May 1947)
Released (23 May 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 12.07.1943 als Generalleutnant und Kommandierender General des Luftgau-Kommando S�d (Milan)
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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