General der Flieger Hans Siburg Born: 24 Jun 1893 in Saarburg Died: 27 Feb 1976 in L�neburg Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (12 Apr 1913); Leutnant zur See (22 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917); Kapit�nleutnant (01 May 1922); Korvettenkapit�n (01 Jul 1930); Flieger-Vizekommodore (01 Apr 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1935); Oberst (16 Mar 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1940); General der Flieger (01 Apr 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Infantry Training at the Naval-School M�rwik (01 Apr 1912-13 May 1912)
Seekadett on Board the School-Ship �Victoria Louise� (14 May 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Officer-Training at the Naval-School M�rwik (01 Apr 1913-31 Mar 1914)
Artillery-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (01 Apr 1914-27 Jun 1914)
Torpedo-Course on Board the Torpedo-School-Ship �W�rttemberg� (28 Jun 1914-01 Aug 1914)
F�hnrich and Officer-Serviceman on Board the Liner �W�rth� (02 Aug 1914-05 Mar 1915)
Pilot-Training and Pilot with the I. Sea-Flying-Battalion (06 Mar 1915-02 Jan 1916)
Adjutant with the Sea-Flying-Test-Command (03 Jan 1916-04 Jul 1916)
In Russian Captivity (05 Jul 1916-16 Sep 1917)
Fled Siberia over to Sweden (17 Sep 1917-16 Nov 1917)
Returned Back with the Naval-Flight-Chief, Berlin and Travelled to Kiel (17 Nov 1917-25 Nov 1917)
Pilot with the I. Sea-Flying-Battalion (26 Nov 1917-01 Feb 1918)
Navigation-Course at the Naval-School M�rwik (02 Feb 1918-27 Mar 1918)
Pilot with the I. Sea-Flying-Battalion (28 Mar 1918-23 Jun 1918)
Flight-Station-Leader at the Flight-Mother-Ship �Oswald� (24 Jun 1918-23 Oct 1918)
Pilot with the Sea Flying and Test Command (24 Oct 1918-10 Jul 1919)
Adjutant of the I. Sea-Flying-Battalion (11 Jul 1919-16 Jun 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea and of the Admiralty (17 Jun 1920-12 Aug 1920)
Detached for Service with the Admiralty, Air-Peace-Commission (13 Aug 1920-27 Sep 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Department of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (28 Sep 1920-26 Oct 1920)
Watch-Officer on the Survey-Ship �Triton� then �Panther� (27 Oct 1920-18 Apr 1922)
Detached to the Nautical Department, Naval Command (19 Apr 1922-15 Jul 1922)
To Information on Board the Survey-Ship �Panther� (16 Jul 1922-31 Jul 1922)
Temporary-Navigation-Officer on the Cruiser �Berlin� (01 Aug 1922-12 Sep 1922)
Instruction in Depth-Charges with the Sea-Control-Office Hamburg (13 Sep 1922-15 Sep 1922)
Watch and Surveying Officer on the Cruiser �Berlin� (16 Sep 1922-21 Feb 1923)
Watch-Officer on the Survey-Ship �Panther� (22 Feb 1923-13 Jan 1924)
At the same time, Commandant of Survey-Boat III (01 Aug 1923-30 Sep 1923)
Surveying-Officer on the Cruiser �Berlin� (14 Jan 1924-23 Mar 1924)
Commandant of Survey-Boat III (24 Mar 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Ships-Cadre �Meteor� (01 Oct 1924-06 Oct 1924)
Detached to the Observatory in Wilhelmshaven (07 Oct 1924-14 Nov 1924)
Navigation-Officer on the Survey-Ship �Meteor� (15 Nov 1924-22 Mar 1926)
Returned Home (23 Mar 1926-29 Apr 1926)
Air-Protection-Advisor in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (30 Apr 1926-30 Sep 1928)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Hessen� (01 Oct 1928-30 Sep 1929)
At the same time, Detached to the Naval-Signals-Officer List (29 Jul 1929-07 Aug 1929)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the East Sea (01 Oct 1929-06 Oct 1929)
Acting-Commandant of the Artillery-School-Boat �Drache� (07 Oct 1929-13 Dec 1929)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (14 Dec 1929-21 Jan 1930)
Advisor in the Air-Protection-Group, Naval Command (22 Jan 1930-31 Mar 1933)
Advisor in the Air-Protection-Office, RWM (01 Apr 1933-31 Aug 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe and Department-Leader in the RLM, Department LC (01 Sep 1933-31 May 1934)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspector of Schools (01 Jun 1934-14 Jul 1934)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of Flying-Schools Sea, Warnem�nde (08 Jun 1934-10 Jul 1934)
Detached for Information to the USA (15 Jul 1934-15 Sep 1934)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspector of Schools (16 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Commander of Flying-School Sea, Warnem�nde and Air-Base-Commandant Warnem�nde (01 Oct 1934-31 Jan 1936)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe and Detached to Flying-Group (S), Tutow (01 Feb 1936-14 Mar 1936)
Detached to Flying-Group Merseburg (15 Mar 1936-31 Mar 1936)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 153 (01 Apr 1936-31 Aug 1936)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Air-District-Command VII and at the same time, Acting-Chief Of Staff (01 Sep 1936-28 Feb 1937)
Commander of Pilot-Schools and Flying-Replacement-Battalion in Air-District VII (01 Mar 1937-31 Jul 1938)
Commander of Pilot-Schools and the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, M�nster (01 Aug 1938-31 Oct 1938)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 257, later 26 (01 Nov 1938-28 Sep 1939)
Inspector of Air Navigation and for Blind-Flight, RLM (29 Sep 1939-05 May 1940)
Chief Of Staff of Air-Region-Command Norway (06 May 1940-30 Jun 1940)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region Holland (01 Jul 1940-06 Aug 1943)
Chief of the Luftwaffe-Administration-Office, RLM (07 Aug 1943-31 Mar 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command XI � F�hrer-Reserve (01 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-08 Jul 1947)
Released (08 Jul 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 20.03.1944 als General der Flieger und Chef des Luftwaffen-Verwaltungsamtes/ RLM
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Abzeichen f�r Marine-Flugzeugf�hrer
- Erinnerungsabzeichen des Marineflugwesens
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Italien. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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