Generalleutnant Georg Neuffer Born: 18 Apr 1895 in Steinbach, Oberpfalz Died: 11 May 1977 in Soest Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (14 Oct 1914); F�hnrich (31 Dec 1914); Leutnant (12 Aug 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1923); Hauptmann (01 May 1928); Major (01 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1939); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jul 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker in the 3rd Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-07 Mar 1915)
Field-Artillery-Training-Course in J�terbog (15 Oct 1914-30 Nov 1914)
Battery-Officer in the 3rd Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (08 Mar 1915-06 Oct 1916)
Battery-Officer in the 22nd Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Oct 1916-26 Apr 1917)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff of the 22nd Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Dec 1916-10 Jan 1917)
Detached to the Flak-Replacement-Battalion Frankfurt/Main (27 Apr 1917-31 May 1917)
Detached to Flak-School in Blankenberge (01 Jun 1917-30 Jun 1917)
Detached to Flak-Motor-Transport-School Valenciennes (01 Jul 1917-15 Jul 1917)
Leader of the 54th Bavarian Army-Flak-Battery (16 Jul 1917-21 Feb 1918)
Leader of the 146th Heavy Bavarian Flak-Battery (22 Feb 1918-03 Dec 1918)
Battery-Officer in the 3rd Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Dec 1918-11 Mar 1919)
Battery-Officer with the Peoples-Defence-Battery Von Speck (12 Mar 1919-09 Jul 1920)
Detached to the Bavarian Officers-School (10 Jul 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Battery-Officer in the 21st Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Battery-Officer in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-31 Mar 1924)
Detached to the Infantry-School D�beritz (01 Apr 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with Military-District-Command VII (01 Oct 1924-30 Jun 1925)
Detached to the III. (J�ger) Battalion of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1925-30 Sep 1925)
Battery-Officer in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-28 Feb 1926)
Supervision-Officer at the Infantry-School Ohrdruf (01 Mar 1926-30 Sep 1927)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-30 Sep 1929)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-30 Sep 1931)
Squadron-Chief in the 5th Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1931-31 Jul 1934)
Detached to Flight-Defence-Command D�beritz (01 Aug 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Firing-Instructor at the Flak-Artillery-School (01 Oct 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Commander of the Training-Staff of the Flak-Artillery-School (01 Oct 1935-07 Nov 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 8th Flak-Regiment, F�rth (08 Nov 1936-17 Apr 1937)
Commander of the 88th Flak-Regiment (Legion Condor) (18 Apr 1937-30 Sep 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 64th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1937-05 Jun 1938)
Commander of the 34th Fortress-Flak-Battalion, Speyer (06 Jun 1938-13 Nov 1938)
Commander of the 14th Flak-Regiment (14 Nov 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the President of the Luftwaffe-Control-Commission, RLM (01 Apr 1939-24 Aug 1939)
Chief Of Staff of Air-Defence-Command Ruhrgebiet (25 Aug 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Chief Of Staff of the II. Flak-Corps (01 Oct 1939-31 Mar 1941)
Chief Of Staff of Air-Region-Command IV (01 Apr 1941-30 Nov 1941)
Chief Of Staff of Field-Air-Region-Command Moscow (01 Dec 1941-17 Apr 1942)
Commander of the 5th Flak-Division, Darmstadt (18 Apr 1942-11 Nov 1942)
Commander of the 20th Flak-Division, Tunisia (12 Nov 1942-10 May 1943)
In British Captivity (10 May 1943-07 Oct 1947)
Released (07 Oct 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (867): am 01.08.1943 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 20. Flak-Division (mot)
- 1914 EK I: 20.09.1918
- 1914 EK II: 01.04.1916
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern: 18.12.1917
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer: 15.12.1934
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse (02.10.1936) und I. Klasse (02.08.1939)
- Medalla de la Campa�a de Espa�a
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I: 05.06.1940
- Flakkampfabzeichen: 19.09.1942
- Wehrmachtbericht: 11.05.1943
- �rmelband �Afrika�
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