(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

General der Flieger Max Mohr
Born: 29 Dec 1884 in Neum�nster
Died: 31 Aug 1966 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Gefreiter (01 Jun 1904); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Sep 1904); F�hnrich (18 Oct 1904); Leutnant (18 Aug 1905); Oberleutnant (17 Feb 1913); Hauptmann (24 Dec 1914); Major (01 Feb 1927); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1932); Oberst (01 Oct 1933); Charakter als Generalmajor (01 Apr 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1939); General der Flieger (01 Apr 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker/F�hnrich in the 5th Grenadier-Regiment (14 Mar 1904-17 Aug 1905)
Detached to the War School in Anklam (05 Nov 1904-10 Jul 1905)
Company-Officer in the 175th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1905-02 Aug 1914)
Battalion-Adjutant and Court-Officer in the 175th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1910-30 Sep 1913)
Detached to the Flying-School in Halberstadt (01 Oct 1913-30 Apr 1914)
Pilot in the 2nd Flying-Battalion (01 May 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the 35th Flying-Battalion (03 Aug 1914-01 Mar 1915)
Leader of the 37th Flying-Battalion (02 Mar 1915-19 Dec 1915)
Leader of the 17th Flying-Battalion (20 Dec 1915-31 Aug 1916)
Leader of the 30th Flying-Battalion (01/09/1916-25/02/1917); At the same time, Acting-Commander Of Flying with Army High Command 11 (23 Jan 1917-04 Feb 1917)
At the same time, Acting-Commander Of Flying with Army High Command 11 (12 Feb 1917-02 Mar 1917)
Leader of the 265th Flying-Battalion (26 Feb 1917-14 Aug 1917)
Flying-Group-Leader 13 (15 Aug 1917-07 Jan 1919)
Interned in Poland (08 Jan 1919-11 Aug 1919)
Released and back with the Troop as Company-Leader in Freikorps G�rlitz (01 Sep 1919-06 Feb 1920)
Company-Chief in the 5th J�ger-Battalion (07 Feb 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Chief in the 11th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Company-Chief in the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1923)
Flying-Advisor with Military-District-Command V then with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1923-30 Nov 1929)
Retired (30 Nov 1929)
Leader of the Scientific Institute for Experiments Ru. (camouflaged Luftwaffe Training Command) (01 Dec 1929-28 Feb 1932)
Reactivated to Army Service and Transferred to the Staff of the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1932-31 Mar 1934)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Department-Leader I. Fl. (Operations) with Air-District-Command V (01 Apr 1934-14 Jul 1935)
Commander for Aeronautical Advanced Training as Pilot and Bomber-Observer to the Flying-School Prenzlau, Flying-Group Giebelstadt and Flying-Group G�ppingen (15 Jul 1935-15 Mar 1936)
Commander of Air-Region-Command 9, Hannover (15 Mar 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1937)
Commander of Air-Region-Command 3, Hamburg (01 Apr 1937-03 Feb 1938)
Commander of Air-Region-Command X, Hamburg (04 Feb 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region XI, Hannover (01 Jul 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region I, K�nigsberg (01 Feb 1939-30 Apr 1939)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (01 May 1939-31 Aug 1939)
Detached to the Reichs-War-Court (01 Sep 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Officer-Judge at the Reichs-War-Court (01 Oct 1939-01 Aug 1940)
Inspector of Luftwaffe-Control-Inspection, Bourges (02 Aug 1940-30 Jun 1943)
Retired from Active Service and Placed to the Disposal of the Luftwaffe (30 Nov 1942)
German Luftwaffe-Plenipotentiary of Air-Fleet 3 (01 Jul 1943-21 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (22 Jan 1944-31 May 1944)
Retired (31 May 1944)

Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Kgl. Bulgar. Tapferkeitsorden IV. Klasse, II. Stufe
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Kgl. Preuss. Flieger Erinnerungs-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Luftwaffe Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern


Back to ABR Homepage

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1