Generalleutnant Heinrich XXXVII. Prinz Reuss (j.L.) Born: 01 Nov 1888 in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg Died: 09 Feb 1964 in Garmish-Partenkirchen Promotions:
Charakter als Leutnant zur See (22 Mar 1907); Leutnant zue See (27 Sep 1911); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Kapit�nleutnant (26 Apr 1917); Major (01 May 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1939); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1943); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1944) Career:
Entered the Navy � la suite of the Imperial-German Navy (22 Mar 1907-01 Apr 1907)
Training on Board the School-Ship �Charlotte� and at the Naval-School M�rwik, Special-Briefings and Officer-Service on Board the Heavy Cruiser �Bl�cher� (02 Apr 1907-29 Sep 1911)
2nd Torpedo-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser �Moltke� (30 Sep 1911-26 Sep 1913)
Company-Leader with the I. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (27 Sep 1913-11 Aug 1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �T 60� (12 Aug 1914-00 Jan 1915)
With the High-Command of the Straits in the Dardanelle, Turkey, Commander of the Torpedo-Battery, at the same time, Leader of Mine-Affairs and Leader of Flying (00 Jan 1915-00 Apr 1916)
Submarine-Training (00 Apr 1917-13 May 1917)
At the same time, Commandant of the School-Boat �U 28� (01 Oct 1916-30 Mar 1917)
Commandant of the �UC 54� of the Submarine-Flotilla Mediterranean (14 May 1917-18 Jun 1918)
Commandant of the �UB 130� of the I. Submarine-Flotilla (22 Jun 1918-17 Nov 1918)
Detached to the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (18 Nov 1918-17 Mar 1919)
Adjutant in the Staff of Freikorps Dohna (18 Mar 1919-19 Sep 1919)
Company-Leader with the III. Naval-Brigade (20 Sep 1920-30 Jun 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command (01 Jul 1920-20 Jul 1920)
Company-Leader with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion V, Pillau (21 Jul 1920-31 Mar 1921)
Retired (31 Mar 1921)
Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Supplemental-Officer from 01 May 1935 and Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1938) and Advisor in the Central-Department, RLM (14 Jan 1935-31 Mar 1937)
Detached to the I. Battalion of the 13th Flak-Regiment (01 Apr 1937-30 Sep 1937)
Battery-Chief in the 13th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Delegated with the Leadership of Flak-Battalion I/3 (01 Apr 1938-30 Sep 1938)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 3rd Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1938-08 Oct 1939)
At the same time, Commander of Flak-Group 8, Breslau (01 Sep 1939-08 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 123rd Flak-Regiment (08 Oct 1939-22 Oct 1940)
Commander of Flight-Defence-Command Denmark (23 Oct 1940-25 Nov 1942)
Commander of Flak-Brigade IV, Munich (26 Nov 1942-09 Mar 1943)
Commander of the 18th Flak-Division (10 Mar 1943-31 Jan 1944)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (31 Jan 1944-30 Apr 1944)
Retired (30 Apr 1944)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutches Kreuz in Gold (03 Apr 1944)
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