Generalleutnant Herbert Rieckhoff Born: 25 Dec 1898 in Berlin Died: 30 Nov 1948 in Esslingen Promotions:
Unteroffizier (01 Oct 1915); F�hnrich (22 Mar 1916); Leutnant (08 Jul 1916); Polizei-Leutnant (12 Aug 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1923); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jun 1926); Hauptmann (01 Jun 1934); Major (01 Sep 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1938); Oberst (19 Aug 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1943); Generalleutnant (01 Jul 1944) Career:
Entered the Army with the I. Replacement-Sea-Battalion, Kiel (11 Jan 1915-15 May 1915)
With the 2nd Naval-Infantry-Regiment (16 May 1915-25 Aug 1915)
With the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 69th Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1915-01 Sep 1915)
Detached to Officer-Aspirant-Course in D�beritz (02 Sep 1915-05 Nov 1915)
With the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 109th Infantry-Regiment (05 Nov 1915-08 Jan 1916)
With the 69th Infantry-Regiment (09 Jan 1916-15 May 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (15 May 1916-07 Sep 1916)
With the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 69th Infantry-Regiment (08 Sep 1916-16 Feb 1917)
Wounded, in Hospital (17 Feb 1917-16 Mar 1917)
Company-Officer in the 69th Infantry-Regiment (16 Mar 1917-27 Jun 1917)
Taken ill, in Hospital (28 Jun 1917-17 Aug 1917)
With the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 69th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1917-19 Nov 1917)
Detached for Training as Observer to the 12th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (20 Nov 1917-11 Feb 1918)
Detached to Observer-School Thorn (12 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918)
Detached to Artillery-Flying-School (30 Mar 1918-01 May 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 3 (02 May 1918-09 May 1918)
Observer with Flying-Battalion A 229 (10 May 1918-03 Aug 1918)
In Hospital (03 Aug 1918-27 Aug 1918)
With the 13th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (28 Aug 1918-02 Jan 1919)
Observer with the 414th Flying-Battalion (03 Jan 1919-14 May 1919)
Observer with the 400th Flying-Battalion (15 May 1919-13 Aug 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the 69th Infantry-Regiment and Granted Sick Leave (14 Aug 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
Entered Police Service as Platoon-Leader with the 1st Alarm-Unit of the Protection-Police Stettin (12 Aug 1920-30 Nov 1920)
Course-Instructor for Police-Sergeants with the Protection-Police Stettin (01 Dec 1920-31 Mar 1921)
Platoon-Leader with the 8th Alarm-Unit of the Protection-Police Stettin (01 Apr 1921-15 Jul 1921)
Course at the College for Physical-Training (16 Jul 1921-15 Aug 1921)
Platoon-Leader with the 8th Alarm-Unit of the Protection-Police Stettin (16 Aug 1921-19 Sep 1921)
Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (20 Sep 1921-20 Dec 1921)
Platoon-Leader with the 8th Alarm-Unit of the Protection-Police Stettin (21 Dec 1921-28 Feb 1922)
Assistant with the Air-Police Surveillance-Service, Upper-Presidency Stettin (01 Mar 1922-30 Apr 1922)
Platoon-Leader with the 8th Alarm-Unit of the Protection-Police Stettin (01 May 1922-06 Aug 1922)
With the Air-Police Surveillance-Service, Upper-Presidency Stettin (07 Aug 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Instructor at the Police-School Hannover-M�nden (01 Oct 1923-31 Mar 1924)
Advisor with the Command of the Protection-Police Stettin (01 Apr 1924-31 Jan 1925)
In the Air-Police Special-Service with the Command of the Protection-Police Stettin (01 Feb 1925-30 Sep 1925)
With the Air-Police Surveillance-Service in Berlin (01 Oct 1925-31 May 1926)
Auxiliary-Advisor and Department-Leader with the Thuringian State-Police and in the Thuringian Economics Ministry (01 Jun 1926-31 Dec 1933)
Senior Government Advisor in the Thuringian Economics Ministry, Leader of the Department for Aviation (01 Jan 1934-30 Apr 1934)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Department-Leader at the German Commercial-Flying-School then with the Command of the Luftwaffe-Schools, Berlin (01 Jun 1934-31 Mar 1937)
Squadron-Captain in Schwerin (01 Apr 1937-31 Mar 1938)
In the General-Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2 (01 Apr 1938-31 Jan 1939)
In the General-Staff of Air-Fleet-Command 2 (01 Feb 1939-25 Aug 1939)
Chief Of Operations in the General-Staff of Air-Fleet 2 (26 Aug 1939-16 Aug 1940)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 30 (17 Aug 1940-20 Oct 1940)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 2 (21 Oct 1940-12 Oct 1941)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Fleet 1 (13 Oct 1941-23 Feb 1943)
Flying-Leader 1 (23 Feb 1943-18 Jan 1944)
Commander of the Air War Academy Berlin-Gatow (19 Jan 1944-20 Sep 1944)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region V, Stuttgart (21 Sep 1944-02 Apr 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (02 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-05 Mar 1948)
Released (05 Mar 1948)
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (05 Jul 1941)
Deutches Kreuz in Gold (17 Aug 1942)
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