Generalleutnant Herbert Sonnenburg Born: 18 Apr 1890 in K�nigsberg, Prussia (Preu�en) Died: 07 Oct 1966 in Wolfenb�ttel Promotions:
F�hnrich (22 Mar 1910); Leutnant (16 Nov 1910); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1916); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1922); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1944) Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment and Pilot-Training (01 Jul 1909-02 Aug 1914)
Battery-Officer and Platoon-Leader in the 19th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (03 Aug 1914-31 Oct 1914)
Pilot with the 59th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Nov 1914-03 Jan 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park South (04 Jan 1916-11 Jan 1916)
With the Staff of the Commander of Flying South (12 Jan 1916-30 Dec 1916)
Adjutant of the Commander of Flying Homeland (31 Dec 1916-12 Apr 1917)
With the Staff of the Commander of Flying B (13 Apr 1917-22 Feb 1918)
With the Staff of the Commander of Flying 4 (23 Feb 1918-31 Jul 1918)
Leader of the 250th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1918-22 Dec 1918)
Battery-Officer in the 4th Field-Artillery-Regiment (23 Dec 1918-24 Apr 1919)
Company-Officer in the 20th Infantry-Regiment (24 Apr 1919-07 Sep 1920)
Company-Chief in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (08 Sep 1920-15 Oct 1922)
Retired (15 Oct 1922)
Reactivated to Army Service as a Territorial-Officer (Supplemental-Officer from 01 Oct 1933 and Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1934) in Military-District VI and Detached to the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1926-30 Sep 1933)
With the Military-Replacement-Inspection Braunschweig (01 Oct 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Major in the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1934-07 Oct 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Adjutant of the 1st Flying-Division (08 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Adjutant of the Higher Flying Commander II (01 Apr 1935-11 Mar 1936)
Commander of II. Group of Bomber-Wing �General Wever� (12 Mar 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Adjutant of Air-District-Command IV, M�nster (01 Oct 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Adjutant with the Staff of Air-Region-Command VI, M�nster (01 Jul 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Air-Base-Commandant Uetersen (01 Feb 1939-31 Mar 1940)
At the same time, Commander of the 32nd Flying-Training-Regiment (01 Apr 1939-31 Mar 1940)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Apr 1940-30 Sep 1940)
Commander of Air-War-School 4, F�rstenfeldbruck (01 Oct 1940-16 Sep 1943)
At the same time, Detached to the Luftwaffe General Staff, General-Quartermaster-Office (24 Jul 1943-16 Sep 1943)
Chief of the Out-Accommodation-Staff with the General-Quartermaster, 2nd Department, RLM (16 Sep 1943-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-10 Mar 1947)
Released (10 Mar 1947)
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