Generalleutnant Kurt Menzel Born: 12 Jun 1888 in Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria (Bayern) Died: 30 Dec 1969 in Munich (M�nchen) Promotions:
Gefreiter (01 Apr 1908); Unteroffizier (01 Aug 1908); Unteroffizier (ROA) (30 Sep 1908); Vizewachtmeister der Reserve (11 Jun 1909); Leutnant der Reserve (07 Jan 1914); Oberleutnant der Reserve (29 Oct 1917); Oberleutnant (04 Mar 1918); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jun 1923); Polizei-Major (01 Aug 1934); Major (01 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1935); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1942) Career:
Entered the Army as One Year Volunteer in the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1907-30 Sep 1908)
Discharged to the Reserve (30 Sep 1908)
Called Up from Reserve (Active-Officer from 04 Mar 1918) in the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-19 Apr 1919)
Transferred to the City-Defence Augsburg (20 Apr 1919-22 Apr 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Artillery-Leader of Freikorps Hierl (22 Apr 1919-24 Sep 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of Artillery-Leader 21 (25 Sep 1919-27 Sep 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 21st Artillery-Regiment (28 Sep 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Transferred to Police Service with the Bavarian State-Police Augsburg (01 Oct 1920-10 Feb 1922)
Transferred to the Bavarian State-Police Munich (11 Feb 1922-30 Nov 1928)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Oct 1923-30 Jul 1924)
Training-Advisor with the Bavarian State-Police-Office Munich, Instructor at the Police-School Munich, then Air-Protection-Agent for Bavaria (01 Dec 1928-23 May 1934)
Detached as Advisor to the Inspector of Flak Artillery and of Air-Protection, RLM (24 May 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Battery-Chief in the 25th Flak-Regiment, Ludwigsburg (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 28th Flak-Regiment, Kitzingen (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1938)
Commander of the 9th Flak-Regiment �Legion Condor� (01 Oct 1938-28 Feb 1940)
Commander of Air-Defence-Command 7, Cologne (29 Feb 1940-03 May 1941)
Commander of Air-Defence-Command 5 (05 May 1941-31 Aug 1941)
Commander of the 5th Flak-Division (01 Sep 1941-15 Apr 1942)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (15 Apr 1942-30 Nov 1942)
Retired (30 Nov 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of the Luftwaffe (01 Dec 1942-05 May 1945)
Liaison-Man of the Reichs-Group Of Industry for the Work-Air-Protection to the Agencies in the strongly Air-Endangered and Frontline Areas of the West (07 Aug 1944-05 May 1945)
In US Captivity (05 May 1945-00 Sep 1945)
Released (00 Sep 1945)
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