Generalleutnant Ulrich Buchholz Born: 22 Dec 1893 in Landsberg, Warthe Died: 20 Jun 1974 in M�lln Promotions:
F�hnrich (20 May 1914); Leutnant (03 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1924); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1929); Rittmeister (01 Oct 1931); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Dec 1938); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1944) Career:
Accepted into the Army as Officer-Aspirant and Platoon-Leader in the 150th Infantry-Regiment (29 Sep 1913-26 Jan 1915)
Company-Leader in the 150th Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan 1915-00 Jun 1915)
Observer with the 2nd Bomber-Wing of the OHL; Pilot with the 60th Field-Flying-Battalion; Pilot with the 20th Fighter-Squadron (00 Jun 1915-00 Nov 1918)
With Border-Protection, West Poland (00 Nov 1918-1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 8th Infantry-Regiment (27 Sep 1920-16 Jul 1924)
Photographic-Officer with the Staff of the 3rd Division (17 Jul 1924-31 May 1925)
Platoon-Leader in the 8th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1925-30 Apr 1927)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the Training-Battalion of the 8th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1927-31 Jul 1929)
Retired from Army Service (31 Jul 1929)
Secret Flying Training (01 Aug 1929-30 Sep 1931)
Reactivated to Army Service as Rittmeister with the Staff of the 2nd Medical-Battalion (01 Oct 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Squadron-Chief in the 2nd Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1932-28 Feb 1934)
Commander of the 2nd Transport-Battalion (01 Mar 1934-30 Jun 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Adjutant and Chief Personnel Officer with the Staff of Air-District-Command IV, Munich (01 Jul 1935-30 Jul 1937)
Commander of the Pilot-School C 2, Neuruppin and at the same time, Airbase-Commandant Neuruppin (30 Jul 1937-31 Aug 1939)
Higher Flying Training Commander 6, Prague (01 Sep 1939-00 Mar 1940)
Commodore of the 3rd Special-Purpose-Transport-Wing (00 Mar 1940-14 Jan 1943)
Air-Transport-Leader Mediterranean (15 Jan 1943-14 May 1943)
Flying-Transportation-Leader 1 (15 May 1943-30 Nov 1944)
Temporary-Commander of the 2nd Flying-Training-Division (01 Oct 1944-20 Feb 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (20 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In Allied captivity (08 May 1945-00 Jun 1947)
Released (00 Jun 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 12.07.1943 als Generalmajor und Kommodore des Transport-Geschwaders z.b.V. 3
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Silber
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
- Gemeinsames Flugzeugf�hrer-und Beobachter-Abzeichen
- Frontflugspange f�r Transportflieger in Gold
- Kommandeurkreuz des Kgl. Rum�n. Ordens des Sterns mit Schwertern
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