Generalleutnant Hans Behrendt Born: 28 Jul 1892 in Breslau, Silesia (Schlesien) Died: 24 Jul 1959 in Schulenburg, Leine Promotions:
F�hnrich (22 Mar 1912); Leutnant (06 Jun 1913); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1916); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1933); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1912)
Battery-Officer at Platoon-Leader in the 73rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Mar 1912-10 Jul 1915)
Battery-Leader in the 73rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (11 Jul 1915-14 Aug 1915)
Detached to the Army-Flight-Park 12 (15 Aug 1915-14 Sep 1915)
Observer-Training in Hannover (15 Sep 1915-04 Oct 1915)
Observer with the 45th Field-Flying-Battalion (05 Oct 1915-26 Jun 1916)
With the 41st Bomber-Squadron of the 7th Combat-Wing of the OHL (27 Jun 1916-29 Dec 1916)
Detached to the Staff of the Observer-School of the Inspection of Flying (30 Dec 1916-09 Apr 1917)
Leader of the Observer-School of the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Hannover (10 Apr 1917-03 Mar 1918)
Leader of the Flying-Firing-School with the 4th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Posen (04 Mar 1918-04 May 1918)
Leader of the Instruction-Department of the Flying-Firing-School at Asch (05 May 1918-19 Nov 1918)
Demobilising with the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Hannover (20 Nov 1918-10 Jan 1919)
Leader of the 432nd Flying-Battalion in the Freikorps �H�lsen� (11 Jan 1919-17 Sep 1919)
Flying-Liaison-Officer of the 116th Artillery-Flying-Squadron of the 11th Reichswehr-Brigade (18 Sep 1919-13 Jan 1920)
Detached to the Transitory-Air-Base at Paderborn (14 Jan 1920-31 Jan 1920)
Detached to the Air-Base at B�blingen (01 Feb 1920-02 Mar 1920)
With the Processing-Office of the 73rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (03 Mar 1920-31 Mar 1920)
With the Officers-Company of the Reichswehr-Brigade �Kassel� (01 Apr 1920-15 Jun 1920)
Delegated with the Command of Training-Instruction for Observers for the Finnish Air-Chief (16 Jun 1920-30 Sep 1921)
Retired from Army Service (30 Sep 1921)
Reactivated to Army Service as a Landwehr-Officer (01 Jul 1933)
Advisor in the RWM (01 Jul 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service (01 Oct 1934)
Advisor in the RLM (01 Oct 1934-31 May 1935)
Instructor for Air-Tactics with the Flying-Group Tutow (S) (01 Jun 1935-22 Jan 1936)
Course-Director with the Flying-Group Tutow (S) (23 Jan 1936-28 Feb 1937)
Commander of the III. Group of the Bomber-Wing 355 and Air-Base-Commandant of Giebelstedt (01 Mar 1937-31 Jan 1939)
Commodore of the Bomber-Wing 27 Boelcke (01 Feb 1939-14 Nov 1940)
Commander of the Bomber-Flying-School II, H�rsching (15 Nov 1940-1942)
Inspector of Personnel of the Luftwaffe, RLM (00 000 1942-20 Apr 1945)
At the same time, was Chief of the Luftwaffe Defence Office, OKL (16 Mar 1944-20 Apt 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (20 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In US captivity (08 May 1945-15 Mar 1949)
Released (15 Mar 1949)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
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