(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalleutnant Michael Krug
Born: 20 Dec 1886 in Kulmbach
Died: 13 Oct 1948 in Munich (M�nchen)
Promotions:
F�hnrich (11 Feb 1908); Leutnant (26 May 1909); Oberleutnant (09 May 1915); Hauptmann (19 May 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (15 Nov 1919); Polizei-Major (01 Aug 1931); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1934); Major (01 Jan 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1936); Oberst (01 Jun 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1943); Generalleutnant (30 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 18th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (18 Jul 1907-31 Mar 1913)
Detached to the Bavarian Motor-Transport-Company, Munich (01 Apr 1913-31 May 1913)
Flying-Training with the Bavarian Flying-Battalion, Schlei�heim (01 Jun 1913-03 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the 2nd Bavarian Field-Flying-Battalion (04 Aug 1914-30 Nov 1915)
Leader of Fokker-Command of the 6th Army (01 Dec 1915-16 Mar 1916)
Leader of Battle-Squadron 35 (17 Mar 1916-31 Aug 1916)
Leader of Flying-School 4, Lechfeld (01 Sep 1916-09 May 1917)
Bavarian Representative Flying-Officer with the Prussian Inspector Of Flying Troops, Berlin (10 May 1917-26 Jan 1918)
Advisor with the Commander of Flying of the 6th Army (27 Jan 1918-17 Mar 1918)
Technical Officer of Bomber-Wing 8 of the Supreme Army Command (18 Mar 1918-08 Sep 1918)
Leader of the 45th Bavarian Flying-Battalion (09 Sep 1918-11 Dec 1918)
Leader of the Bavarian Courier-Flying-Station Schlei�heim (12 Dec 1918-30 Apr 1919)
Leader of the V9olunteer-Battalion Nuremberg-F�rth (01 May 1919-30 Jun 1919)
Leader of the Reichswehr-Troop-Flying-Station 21a (01 Jul 1919-27 Sep 1919)
Leader of the Dock-Battalion of the Reichswehr-Flying-Base Schlei�heim (28 Sep 1919-14 Nov 1919)
Transferred into Police Service with the Police-Flying-Squadron I, Detached to Air-Peace-Commission VII (15 Nov 1919-14 May 1920)
Transferred to the Staff of the 7th Motor-Vehicle-Column (15 May 1920-14 Oct 1920)
Hauptmann with Park III of the Bavarian State-Police (15 Oct 1920-31 Mar 1924)
Commander of the Bavarian Motor-Transport-Battalion of the State-Police Nuremberg (01 Apr 1924-31 May 1933)
Chief of Police-Motor-Vehicle-Workshop Bavaria-North (01 Jun 1933-16 Oct 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Jun 1938) and Officer of the Luftwaffe with the Government of Under Franconia, W�rzburg (17 Oct 1934-31 Dec 1934)
Officer of the Luftwaffe with the Military-Replacement-Inspection Nuremberg (01 Jan 1935-31 Dec 1935)
Commander of Air-Park Gablingen and Air-Base-Commandant Gablingen (01 Jan 1936-31 Jul 1938)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Office Erding and Air-Base-Commandant Erding (01 Aug 1938-30 Jun 1941)
Transferred to the Staff of Air-Equipment-Group 7, Munich (01 Jul 1941-31 Jul 1942)
Commander of Field-Air-Equipment-Group 2, Warsaw (01 Aug 1942-14 Jan 1943)
Commander of Field-Air-Equipment-Group Eastern Territories-Riga (15 Jan 1943-18 Aug 1943)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 7, Munich (19 Aug 1943-19 Mar 1944)
Commander of Air-Region-Troop 3, Dresden (20 Mar 1944-25 Nov 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division (26 Nov 1944-28 Feb 1945)
General with Special Duties with Air-Region-Command III (01 Mar 1945-08 Apr 1945)
In Captivity the Internment (09 Apr 1945-31 Mar 1947)
Released (31 Mar 1947)

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