Generalleutnant Gebhard von Kotze Born: 03 Oct 1889 in Hannover Died: 12 Oct 1942 in B�hlerh�he by Baden-Baden Promotions:
F�hnrich (27 Feb 1908); Leutnant (27 Jan 1909); Oberleutnant (24 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (05 Oct 1916); Major (01 Nov 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1934); Oberst (01 Oct 1935); Charakter als Generalmajor (24 Mar 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1940) Career:
Entered the Army as Company-Officer in the 74th Infantry-Regiment (27 Feb 1908-01 Aug 1914)
Detached top War School in Hersfeld (01 Apr 1908-20 Dec 1908)
Detached to the 10th Pioneer-Battalion (28 May 1912-24 Jun 1912)
Pilot-Training at the Flying-School Gotha (01 Aug 1913-30 Apr 1914)
Detached to the 3rd Flying-Battalion (17 Mar 1914-31 Jul 1914)
Pilot with Army-Flight-Park 2 (02 Aug 1914-21 Sep 1914)
Pilot with the 1st Flying-Battalion (22 Sep 1914-14 Sep 1915)
Pilot with Flight-Park Gaede (15 Sep 1915-09 Nov 1915)
Adjutant of the Flying-Staff-Officer of the Bug-Army (10 Nov 1915-07 Jun 1916)
Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of General Of Cavalry Von Bernhardi (08 Jun 1916-29 Jul 1916)
1st Ordinance-Officer of the 92nd Infantry-Division (30 Jul 1916-01 Feb 1917)
With the Staff of the 39th Territorial-Infantry-Regiment (02 Feb 1917-26 Feb 1917)
Adjutant of the Special-Purpose-General-Command 55 (27 Feb 1917-25 May 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 437th Infantry-Regiment (26 May 1917-15 May 1918)
Taken ill and Placed to the Disposal of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (15 May 1918-31 Aug 1918)
Company-Chief in the 74th Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1918-07 Sep 1918)
Battalion-Leader in the 91st Infantry-Regiment (08 Sep 1918-17 Dec 1918)
Company-Leader in the Volunteer-Battalion Reichenbach then in Freikorps Haase (18 Dec 1918-03 Feb 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the 110th Infantry-Regiment (04 Feb 1920-02 May 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (03 May 1920-07 May 1920)
Advisor with the Army-Peace-Commission, Liaison-Office Hannover (08 May 1920-31 Oct 1922)
Advisor with the Army-Peace-Commission in the RWM (01 Nov 1922-20 May 1925)
Auxiliary-Officer in the Army-Weapons-Office, RWM (21 May 1925-30 Sep 1925)
With the Staff of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-31 Mar 1926)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1926-30 Sep 1929)
Air-Protection-Instructor at the Infantry-School (01 Oct 1929-30 Jun 1933)
Detached to the Commander Dresden (01 Jul 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Detached to the Commander K�strin (01 Oct 1933-28 Feb 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and Detached to the RLM (01 Mar 1934-31 Mar 1934)
Leader of Liaison-Office of Air-District-Command II, Stettin (01 Apr 1934-31 May 1935)
Acting-Adjutant with the Staff of Air-District-Command II (01 Jun 1935-31 Aug 1935)
1st Adjutant of Air-District-Command II (01 Sep 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Air-Base-Commandant J�terbog (01 Apr 1936-28 Feb 1937)
Commander of Flying-School Dresden and of the 3rd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Mar 1937-31 Jul 1938)
Commander of Flying-School Dresden and of the 4th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Aug 1938-25 Oct 1939)
At the same time, Commander of Air-Region-Staff 4 (10 Sep 1939-04 Oct 1939)
Commander of Air-Region-Staff 12 (26 Oct 1939-23 Jun 1940)
Liaison-Officer of Air-Region-Command Belgium-North France to the II. Flying-Corps (24 Jun 1940-31 Oct 1940)
Higher Column Leader of Air-Fleet 2 (01 Nov 1940-19 Aug 1941)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (20 Aug 1941-01 Oct 1941)
General with Special Duties with Air-Region-Command VIII (02 Oct 1941-27 Oct 1941)
Commander of Air-Region-Staff 10 (28 Oct 1941-11 Dec 1941)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (12 Dec 1941-12 Oct 1942)
Died (12 Oct 1942)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Kgl. Preuss. Flieger Erinnerungs-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
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