(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalleutnant Adolf Pirmann
Born: 08 Jan 1895 in Osnabr�ck
Died: 24 Feb 1985 in Wallenhorst
Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (24 Dec 1915); Leutnant zur See (12 Jul 1916); Oberleutnant zur See (28 Sep 1920); Kapit�nleutnant (01 Apr 1926); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1935); Major (01 Aug 1932); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1939); Oberst (01 Jul 1941); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1944); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered the Navy ay Seekadett Basic-Training on Board the School-Ship �Vineta� (01 Apr 1914-01 Aug 1914)
On Board the Liner �Prinzregent Luitpold� (02 Aug 1914-11 Jul 1916)
Watch-Officer and Adjutant on the Liner �Prinzregent Luitpold� (12 Jul 1916-30 Jun 1918)
Navigation-Course at the Naval-School (15 Aug 1917-19 Nov 1917)
Watch-Officer with the 14th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Jul 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the North Seas (01 Jan 1919-06 Jun 1919)
Adjutant of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (07 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1920)
2nd Adjutant of the Commander Geestem�nde (01 Oct 1920-31 Mar 1921)
Watch-Officer with the 12th Minesweeper-Flotilla (01 Apr 1921-09 Jun 1921)
Watch-Officer with the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (10 Jun 1921-31 Mar 1922)
Company-Officer with the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Seas (01 Apr 1922-27 Sep 1922)
Watch and Artillery Officer with the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (28 Sep 1922-16 Apr 1923)
Course at the Ships-Artillery-School (17 Apr 1923-09 Jul 1923)
Watch-Officer with the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (10 Jul 1923-22 Sep 1924)
Adjutant of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Seas (23 Sep 1924-30 Sep 1925)
Torpedo-Officer-Course at the Naval-School (01 Oct 1925-19 Dec 1925)
Adjutant of the Ships-Cadre-Division Of The North Seas (20 Dec 1925-30 Sep 1926)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �T 152� (01 Oct 1926-14 Mar 1927)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �Seeadler� (15 Mar 1927-30 Jun 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the North Seas (01 Jul 1928-30 Sep 1928)
Retired (30 Sep 1928)
Entered Luftwaffe Service and Detached to Flak-Battalion Wolfenb�ttel and Course for Reactivated Officers in Wustrow (01 Jul 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Flak-Regiment, Wolfenb�ttel (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Adjutant of the Flak-Artillery-School Wustrow (01 Oct 1936-31 Oct 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion in the 11th Flak-Regiment, K�nigsberg (01 Nov 1937-31 Mar 1939)
At the same time, Detached to the RLM, In 4 (01 Mar 1939-31 Mar 1939)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Flak Artillery, RLM (01 Apr 1939-29 Jun 1940)
Commander of the 201st Motorised-Flak-Regiment (30 Jun 1940-31 Jul 1941)
Commander of the 99th Motorised-Flak-Regiment (01 Aug 1941-14 Apr 1942)
Commander of Flak-Artillery-School I, Rerik and Commandant of the Flak-Artillery-Firing-Grounds Rerik (15 Apr 1942-10 Mar 1943)
Inspector of Flak-Artillery West in the Staff of the General Of Flak Forces, RLM (10 Mar 1943-22 Jun 1944)
Commander of the 9th Flak-Division (23 Jun 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-05 Apr 1948)
Released (05 Apr 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutches Kreuz in Gold (09 Feb 1942)


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