General der Flieger Erich Petersen Born: 25 Aug 1889 in Heidelberg Died: 04 Jul 1963 in Allmannshausen, Starnberger See Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (22 Mar 1909); F�hnrich (19 Nov 1909); Leutnant (22 Aug 1910); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1916); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1922); Major (01 Oct 1932); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1935); Oberst (01 Jan 1938); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1941); General der Flieger (01 Nov 1942) Career:
Entered the Army as F�hnrich, Leutnant and Platoon-Leader in the 136th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1909-02 Mar 1914)
Platoon and Company Leader in the 163rd Infantry-Regiment (03 Mar 1914-1917)
Company-Leader in the 31st Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (1917-1918)
Company-Leader in the 18th Reserve-J�ger-Regiment (1918-17 Dec 1918)
Platoon-Leader in the 163rd Infantry-Regiment (18 Dec 1918-30 Sep 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 18th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 Mar 1922)
Company-Chief in the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1922-15 Apr 1927)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 6th Infantry-Regiment (16 Apr 1927-31 Dec 1931)
With the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Jan 1932-30 Sep 1934)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 27th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1934-09 Nov 1938)
Commander of the 125th Border-Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-19 Sep 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (19 Sep 1941-30 Sep 1941)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Commander of the 7th Flying-Division (Paratrooper) (01 Oct 1941-31 Oct 1942)
Inspector Of Luftwaffe-Field-Units (L In 18, RLM) (01 Nov 1942-31 Jul 1943)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff of the IV. Luftwaffe-Field-Corps (20 Jun 1943-31 Jul 1943)
Commanding General of the IV. Luftwaffe-Field-Corps (01 Aug 1943-18 Nov 1944)
Commanding General of the LXXXX. Army-Corps (19 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In French Captivity, Accused of War Crimes, Tried and Acquitted (08 May 1945-18 Jan 1950)
Released (18 Jan 1950)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 02.04.1942 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 7. Flieger-Division
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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