Generalleutnant Ernst Krüger Born: 03 Jan 1891 on Gut Birkhorst in District Randow, Pomerania Died: 25 Mar 1953 in Hamburg Promotions:
Leutnant (01 Mar 1910); Oberleutnant (18 Dec 1914); Rittmeister (01 Jan 1922); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as Platoon-Leader in the 86th Fusilier-Regiment (01 Mar 1910-01 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 85th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-22 Oct 1914)
Company-Leader in the 86th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (23 Oct 1914-01 Aug 1915)
Detached to the 61st Flying-Battalion (02 Aug 1915-19 Aug 1915)
Training as Flying-Observer with the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Hannover (20 Aug 1915-20 Sep 1915)
Observer with the 61st Flying-Battalion (21 Sep 1915-27 Jan 1917)
Observer with the Flying-Battalion A 300 (28 Jan 1917-04 Feb 1918)
Flying-Liaison-Officer to Army High Command 7 (05 Feb 1918-12 Jun 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Fliers (13 Jun 1918-13 Sep 1918)
Transferred to Army-Flight-Park 7 and as General-Staff-Aspirant Detached to Army-Group B (14 Sep 1918-02 Oct 1918)
Battery-Leader in the 61st Field-Flying-Regiment (03 Oct 1918-23 Oct 1918)
Battery-Leader in the 46th Territorial-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (24 Oct 1918-14 Nov 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of Army-Group B (14 Nov 1918-19 Dec 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander Of Flying of the X. Army-Corps (20 Dec 1918-09 Jan 1919)
Company-Leader in Volunteer-Detachment Küntzel (10 Jan 1919-15 Oct 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (16 Oct 1919-04 Nov 1919)
Company-Leader in the 6th Infantry-Regiment (05 Nov 1919-14 Sep 1920)
Transferred to the Staff of the 3rd Mounted-Regiment (15 Sep 1920-31 Dec 1922)
Retired (31 Dec 1922)
Entered the Luftwaffe and Detached to Bomber-Flying-School Lechfeld (01 Jul 1934-31 Aug 1934)
Detached to Air-District-Command I (01 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Adjutant of Air-District-Command I (01 Oct 1934-14 Sep 1936)
Detached to Reconnaissance-Group 14 (15 Sep 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of Reconnaissance-Group 14 later 121, and Air-Base-Commandant Münster-Lodenheide (01 Oct 1936-31 Aug 1939)
Commander of Luftwaffe of the 5th Army (01 Sep 1939-20 Oct 1939)
Commander of Luftwaffe of the 12th Army (20 Oct 1939-14 Aug 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant Großenheim (15 Aug 1941-14 Oct 1942)
Chief of the Luftwaffe-Central-Office, RLM (15 Oct 1942-09 Jul 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL – Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division (10 Jul 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Retired (31 Dec 1944)
In Soviet Captivity (00 May 1945-24 Oct 1949)
Released (24 Oct 1949)
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