(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalleutnant German Unger
Born: 13 Jul 1891 in Stettin
Died: 07 Jun 1961 in Aachen
Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (24 Mar 1909); F�hnrich (16 Nov 1909); Leutnant (22 Aug 1910); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1916); Oberleutnant der Reserve (23 Mar 1918); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1934); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army (24 Mar 1909)
Platoon and Company Officer in the 67th Infantry-Regiment (24 Mar 1909-31 Jul 1914)
Detached to the Military-Gymnasium, Berlin (01 Jan 1914-30 Jun 1914)
Motor-Vehicle-Officer with Fortress-Government Metz (01 Aug 1914-15 Aug 1914)
Platoon and Company Leader in the 67th Infantry-Regiment (17 Aug 1914-01 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (01 Sep 1914-04 Dec 1914)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 67th Infantry-Regiment (05 Dec 1914-22 Dec 1914)
Pilot-Training with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Hannover (23 Dec 1914-05 Jun 1915)
Pilot with the 63rd Field-Flying-Battalion (06 Jun 1915-04 Apr 1916)
Officer with Special Duties with the 64th Field-Flying-Battalion (05 Apr 1916-25 Dec 1916)
Director of Department 'Pilot-Training' with the Inspection of Flying (26 Dec 1916-31 Dec 1917)
Director of the Military Flying-School Leipzig-Lindental of the German Aircraft-Works GmbH (01 Jan 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Discharged to Reserve (23 Mar 1918)
Delegated with the Liquidation of the Military Flying-School Leipzig-Lindenthal (01 Dec 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Retired (31 Mar 1919)
Stamp Dealer in Coburg and then Berlin (01 Apr 1919-31 Aug 1927)
Leader of the Region-Rifle-Unit Coburg of the Bavarian Home-Guard (1921-1924)
Expert with the Airfield-Committee and Acting-Chairman of the Aviation-Association, Aachen (01 Sep 1927-30 Apr 1930)
Airfield-Director of Airport-GmbH, Aachen (01 May 1930-31 Dec 1931)
Member of the Preparatory Committee of the International Flight Airshow Berlin, Director of the Round Flight 1932, Time-Trail 1st Class with the German Air Advisory (Record attempts with the Heinkel Schnellpost airplane) and representative of the German Gasolin AG, in Berlin (01 Jan 1932-31 Dec 1933)
Briefing with the German Commercial-Flying-School Braunschweig (01 Dec 1931-31 Dec 1933)
Territorial-Employee (01 Jan 1934)
Adjutant with the Higher-Flight-Centre of the German Air-Weather-Service (secret Flying-School), Lechfeld (01 Jan 1934-31 May 1935)
Entered Luftwaffe Service (01 Apr 1934)
Adjutant of Flying-School Lechfeld (01 Jun 1935-31 Dec 1935)
Company-Chief with the Flying-Training-Battalion Neustrelitz (01 Jan 1936-31 Mar 1937)
Commander of the 13th Flying-Training-Regiment (01 Apr 1937-31 Mar 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant Krakau and Krosno (01 Apr 1940-00 Jan 1943)
General Of Luftwaffe in the Kuban-Bridge-Corps (00 Jan 1943-00 Jun 1943)
General of Air-Fleet-Troops 1 (00 Jun 1943-31 Mar 1944)
General with Special Duties with Field-Air-Region-Command XXV (01 Apr 1944-30 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (01 Oct 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)

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