Generalleutnant Franz Nowak Born: 21 Nov 1885 in Magdeburg Died: 21 Nov 1968 in Wiesbaden Promotions:
F�hnrich (19 Oct 1905); Leutnant (21 May 1906); Oberleutnant (08 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (19 Dec 1915); Major (01 Sep 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 30th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jan 1905-31 Jul 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1911-30 Sep 1913)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 30th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment and also Company and Battalion Leader (01 Aug 1914-30 Sep 1916)
Detached to the General-Staff of the 2nd Army, to the Staff of the 11th Infantry-Division, of the 44th Reserve-Division, of the 212th Infantry-Division, of the 206th and 21st Infantry-Divisions (01 Oct 1916-06 Jan 1917)
General-Staff-Officer with the General-Command of the Territorial-Corps (07 Jan 1918-30 Jun 1918)
Chief Supply Officer in the General-Staff of the XI. Army-Corps (01 Jul 1918-30 Sep 1919)
Processing of the XI. Army-Corps and Granted Leave (01 Oct 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Supplemental-Officer from 01 Mar 1935; Active-Officer from 01 Feb 1941) of the Luftwaffe and Advisor in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Sep 1934-31 Jul 1936)
Group-Leader in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Aug 1936-31 Dec 1938)
Department-Chief LP 3 in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Jan 1939-31 Aug 1941)
Office-Group-Chief in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Sep 1941-00 Jan 1945)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Posen (00 Jan 1945-19 Mar 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division (20 Mar 1945-30 Apr 1945)
Retired (30 Apr 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (09 May 1945-20 Oct 1949)
Released (20 Oct 1949)
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