Generalleutnant Karl Kettembeil Born: 27 Apr 1890 in Stettin Died: 12 Apr 1976 in Munich (M�nchen) Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Oct 1910); Leutnant (18 Aug 1911); Oberleutnant (22 Aug 1915); Hauptmann (18 Aug 1918); Major (01 Feb 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 19th Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Feb 1910-01 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 22nd Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-27 Jun 1915)
Detached to the Headquarters of the South-Group of Dardanelle, Turkey (28 Jun 1915-15 Aug 1915)
Observer with the Turkish 1st Field-Flying-Battalion, Dardanelle (16 Aug 1915-08 Jan 1916)
Observer with the 300th Flying-Battalion �Pascha� (09 Jan 1916-15 Oct 1916)
Leader of the Turkish Observer-School in San Stefano near Constantinople (16 Oct 1916-21 Jan 1917)
Commander of Flying-Group Smyrna in the Area of the 5th Ottoman Army (28 Jan 1917-15 Jul 1918)
Commander Of Flying of the 5th Ottoman Army, Panderma (16 Jul 1918-05 Nov 1918)
Detached to Demobilisation-Staff Odessa (06 Nov 1918-19 Dec 1918)
Detached to the Armistice-Commission for the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea, Odessa (19 Dec 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Interned in Salonika and Returned Home to Germany to be Placed to Disposal (31 Mar 1919-17 Jul 1919)
Detached to the Processing-Staff of the 19th Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jul 1919-31 Aug 1919)
Retired (31 Aug 1919)
Entered Police Service as an Auxiliary-Officer with the Organisation-Staff of the Security-Police in the Prussian Ministry Of The Interior (01 Sep 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Department-Leader with the German Protection Organisation for Border and Abroad Germans (01 Feb 1920-30 Sep 1922)
Volunteer with the German Levante-Line (01 Oct 1922-14 Mar 1923)
Authorised Representative (Attorney) with the Sea-Freight-Office of the Hamburg-America-Line, Hannover (15 Mar 1923-30 Jun 1924)
Managing Director of the Sea-Freight-Office of the Hamburg-America-Line, Hannover (01 Jul 1924-31 Jan 1935)
Entered Luftwaffe Service and Attended Training in K�nigsbr�ck and Camp Lechfeld (01 Feb 1935-31 May 1935)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Air-District-Command I (01 Jun 1935-31 May 1937)
Commander of Long-Range-Reconnaissance-Group 127 and Air-Base-Commandant Goslar (01 Jun 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Adjutant with the Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2 (01 Apr 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Adjutant with the Staff of Air-Fleet 2 (01 Feb 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Commander of Luftwaffe with the 2nd Army (01 Oct 1939-30 Jul 1940)
Leader of the Luftwaffe-Control-Commission III (31 Jul 1940-31 Jan 1941)
Leader of the Luftwaffe-Control-Commission I (01 Feb 1941-31 May 1941)
Commander of Luftwaffe with the 17th Army (01 Jun 1941-15 Dec 1941)
Commander of Luftwaffe with Army-Group Centre (15 Dec 1941-31 Mar 1942)
Air-Attach� at the German Embassy in Lisbon (01 Apr 1942-30 Jun 1943)
Air-Attach� at the German Embassy in Ankara (01 Jul 1943-01 Aug 1944)
Interned in Turkey (01 Aug 1944-01 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (01 Sep 1944-17 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (17 Apr 1945-21 Feb 1947)
Released (21 Feb 1947)
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