Generalleutnant Heinrich Rauch Born: 12 Oct 1898 in Essen-Katernberg Died: 10 May 1955 in Bonn Promotions:
F�hnrich (10 Aug 1914); Leutnant (27 Jan 1915); Rittmeister der Baltischen Landeswehr (01 Jul 1919); Charakter als Oberleutnant (15 Jan 1921); Hauptmann a.D. (01 Oct 1933); Hauptmann (Fliegerkapit�n) (01 Jul 1934); Major (01 Jul 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 May 1939); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1945) Career:
Entered the Army as Platoon-Leader with the Replacement-Battalion of the 61st Infantry-Regiment (10 Aug 1914-21 Oct 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 61st Infantry-Regiment (22 Oct 1914-24 Oct 1914)
Wounded, in Fortress-Hospital Breslau (24 Oct 1914-09 Dec 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 61st Infantry-Regiment (10 Dec 1914-05 Jan 1915)
Platoon and Company Leader with the MG-Company of the 61st Infantry-Regiment (06 Jan 1915-21 Jul 1916)
Taken ill, in Hospital in Aachen then with the Replacement-MG-Company of the XVII. Army-Corps (21 Jul 1916-00 Aug 1916)
Platoon-Leader in the MG-Company of the 336th Infantry-Regiment (00 Aug 1916-06 Sep 1916)
Leader of the MG-Sharp-Shooter-Troop 85 (07 Sep 1916-30 Sep 1916)
Company-Leader with the 26th MG-Sharp-Shooter-Battalion (01 Oct 1916-27 Jan 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 12 (28 Jan 1917-31 Jan 1917)
Observer-Training with the 2nd Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Schneidem�hl (01 Feb 1917-09 Mar 1917)
Detached to Flying-Observer-School K�nigsberg (10 Mar 1917-10 May 1917)
Training with the 2nd Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Schneidem�hl (11 May 1917-29 May 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 7 (30 May 1917-04 Jun 1917)
Observer with the Flying-Battalion A 265 (05 Jun 1917-04 Dec 1917)
Instructor for Infantry-Flying at the Observer-Preparatory-School of the 9th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (05 Dec 1917-30 Dec 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 7 (31 Dec 1917-31 Jan 1918)
Observer with Flying-Battalion A 234 (01 Feb 1918-01 Mar 1918)
Detached to Flying-Battalion A 260 (02 Mar 1918-05 Mar 1918)
Observer with Flying-Battalion A 265 (06 Mar 1918-25 Sep 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park C (26 Sep 1918-30 Sep 1918)
Observer with the 37th Flying-Battalion (01 Oct 1918-14 Nov 1918)
Adjutant of the 8th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (15 Nov 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Observer with the 410th Flying-Battalion (01 Dec 1918-27 Apr 1919)
Observer with the 433rd Flying-Battalion (28 Apr 1919-30 Jun 1919)
Transferred into the Baltic State-Defence as Observer with the 1st Baltic Flying-Battalion (433) (01 Jul 1919-31 Jul 1919)
Transferred into the Provisional Reichswehr as Observer with the Troop-Flying-Squadron 1 (433) (01 Aug 1919-09 Aug 1919)
Weapons-Officer with Flight-Park Kurland (433), Schaulen (10 Aug 1919-24 Sep 1919)
Transferred into the Russian Volunteer West-Army as Weapons-Officer with Flight-Park of the Russian Volunteer West-Corps �Graf Keller� Schaulen (25 Sep 1919-27 Oct 1919)
Observer with the 6th Battalion of the 2nd Flying-Division (Flying-Battalion 426) (28 Oct 1919-21 Nov 1919)
In Lithuanian then Russian Captivity, then in Remigration-Camp Eydtkuhnen then in Transit-Camp Heilsberg (21 Nov 1919-16 Dec 1919)
Transferred into the Provisional Reichswehr as Platoon-Leader in the 73rd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (17 Dec 1919-25 Feb 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Processing-Office of the 61st Infantry-Regiment (26 Feb 1920-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service as a Territorial-Officer and Defence-Advisor with the Defence-Office East Prussia, Military-District-Command I, K�nigsberg (01 Mar 1924-31 Aug 1924)
Leader of Section I of the Defence-Office East Prussia, K�nigsberg (01 Sep 1924-31 Mar 1926)
Leader of the Defence-Branch Marienburg, West Prussia in Military-District I (01 Apr 1926-30 Jun 1934)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Officer with Special Duties of the RLM (01 Jul 1934-03 Jul 1934)
Detached to Reconnaissance-Flying-School Hildesheim for Training (04 Jul 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM (01 Oct 1934-31 May 1935)
Detached to Infantry-School Dresden (08 Oct 1934-12 Dec 1934)
Special-Course for Training as Tactics-Instructor (07 Jan 1935-23 Mar 1935)
Infantry-Course in K�nigsbr�ck (02 Apr 1935-28 May 1935)
Instructor for Air-Tactics at the Bomber-Flying-School Prenzlau (01 Jun 1935-11 Mar 1936)
Instructor for Air-Tactics at the Bomber-Flying-School Fa�berg (12 Mar 1936-28 Feb 1937)
At the same time, Detached to the RLM (15 Oct 1936-31 Dec 1936)
Course-Leader at the Bomber-Flying-School Fa�berg (01 Mar 1937-31 Aug 1937)
Advisor in the 3rd Department of the Luftwaffe General Staff (01 Sep 1937-31 Oct 1937)
Group-Leader in the Reichs War Ministry (01 Nov 1937-07 Jan 1938)
Department-Leader 1c/AO in the Staff of Legion Condor (08 Jan 1938-31 May 1939)
Air-Base-Commandant Goslar (01 Jun 1939-25 Oct 1939)
Liaison-Officer of Air-Fleet 2 to the High Command of Army-Group B (26 Oct 1939-30 Jun 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant Brussels (01 Jul 1940-17 Sep 1940)
Liaison-Officer of Air-Fleet 2 to the High Command of Army-Group A (18 Sep 1940-02 Nov 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant Beauvais (03 Nov 1940-30 Jan 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant Brussels (31 Jan 1941-02 Apr 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant 20/XI, Zichenau (03 Apr 1941-30 Jun 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant 11/XI, Swersschinskaja (01 Jul 1941-30 Aug 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant 20/XI Sicily (31 Aug 1941-30 Nov 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant 18/XI (01 Dec 1941-24 Dec 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant Africa (25 Dec 1941-30 Sep 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant 9/VII (01 Oct 1942-12 Nov 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant Tunis (13 Nov 1942-29 Nov 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant 9/VII (30 Nov 1942-28 Feb 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Battalion VII (01 Mar 1943-07 Apr 1943)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe, Detached to the Inspectorate of Personnel of the Luftwaffe in the RLM (07 Mar 1943-30 Apr 1943)
Department-Chief and Officer-Group-Chief with the General for Personnel-Employment in the RLM (01 May 1943-28 Feb 1944)
Commander of the Luftwaffe-School-and-Replacement-Division (01 Mar 1944-09 May 1945)
In British Captivity (09 May 1945-22 Dec 1945)
Released (22 Dec 1945)
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