Generalleutnant Eckard Krahmer Born: 01 Jul 1892 in Stettin Died: 26 Oct 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Promotions:
F�hnrich (21 Apr 1911); Leutnant (27 Jan 1912); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1917); Charakter als Hauptmann (10 Aug 1920); Hauptmann (E) (01 Jul 1933); Hauptmann (01 May 1934); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 2nd Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Aug 1910-01 Aug 1914)
Battery-Officer with the Mobile Replacement-Battalion of the 38th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-01 Nov 1914)
Battery-Officer with the Border-Protection-Battery of the II. Army-Corps (02 Nov 1914-27 Dec 1914)
Battalion, later Regiment Adjutant of the 67th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (28 Dec 1914-16 Mar 1917)
Detached for Flying-Training to the Replacement-Battalion of the Field-Artillery-Regiment Zossen (17 Mar 1916-19 Apr 1916)
Training with the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (20 Apr 1916-30 Jun 1916)
Training at the Artillery-Observer-School J�terbog (01 Jul 1916-22 Jul 1916)
Observer with the 236th Artillery-Flying-Battalion (23 Jul 1916-13 Mar 1917)
Temporary-Photographic-Officer with the Commander Of Flying 8 (14 Mar 1917-03 May 1917)
Observer with the 236th Artillery-Flying-Battalion (04 May 1917-14 Jun 1917)
Photographic-Officer with the Commander Of Flying 8 (15 Jun 1917-04 Apr 1918)
With the Staff of the Commander Of Flying 6 and Detached a Front-Flight-Formation (05 Apr 1918-22 Apr 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 4 (23 Apr 1918-03 May 1918)
1st Adjutant of the Inspector Of Photographic Affairs (04 May 1918-11 Mar 1919)
With the Air-Base J�terbog (12 Mar 1919-20 Jul 1919)
With the 2nd Field-Artillery-Regiment (21 Jul 1919-04 Sep 1919)
Pilot with the Flying-Squadron of the Police in Berlin (05 Sep 1919-03 Feb 1920)
With the Processing-Office of the 2nd Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Feb 1920-10 Aug 1920)
Retired (10 Aug 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service as Supplemental-Officer and Advisor in the Reichs Defence Ministry (01 Jul 1933-30 Apr 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Advisor in the RLM (01 May 1934-30 Jun 1935)
Squadron-Captain of the Flying-Squadron Prenzlau (01 Jul 1935-31 Jan 1936)
Commander of Flying-Group Prenzlau (01 Feb 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Air-District-Command Berlin (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1937)
In the Luftwaffe General Staff (01 Apr 1937-30 Sep 1937)
Detached to the Wehrmacht Academy (01 Oct 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Chief Of Staff of Air-Region-Command VII (01 Jul 1938-10 Mar 1939)
Instructor and Training-Course-Leader at the Air War Academy, Berlin-Gatow (11 Mar 1939-20 Aug 1939)
Luftwaffe-Attach� in Madrid and Lisbon (21 Aug 1939-30 Jun 1941)
Luftwaffe-Attach� in Lisbon (01 Jul 1941-31 Mar 1942)
Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht Attach� in Madrid (01 Apr 1942-08 May 1945)
Discharged (08 May 1945)
Back to ABR Homepage