Generalmajor Ludwig Schauer Born: 07 Nov 1888 in Kaiserhammer, Amt Wunsiedel, Oberpfalz Died: 04 Aug 1939 in Grafenwinn, Bavaria (Bayern) Promotions:
F�hnrich (10 May 1908); Leutnant (26 May 1909); Oberleutnant (19 May 1915); Hauptmann (28 May 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (24 Dec 1919); Polizei-Major (01 Aug 1931); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1935); Oberst (01 Apr 1937); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1939) Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 23rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (23 Sep 1907-31 Mar 1913)
Platoon-Leader in the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1913-14 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader in the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (15 Aug 1914-25 Aug 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (25 Aug 1914-30 Nov 1914)
Observer-Training with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schlei�heim (01 Dec 1914-12 Jan 1915)
Observer with the 6th Field-Flying-Battalion (13 Jan 1915-08 Jan 1917)
Leader of Army-Flight-Park Strantz (09 Jan 1917-15 Aug 1917)
Leader of the Flying-Battalion A 297 (16 Aug 1917-14 Aug 1918)
With the Staff of the Commander of Flying 6 (15 Aug 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Demobilisation-Officer of Fighter-Squadron 16, Schlei�heim (01 Jan 1919-31 Jan 1919)
Flight-Location-Commandant Air-Base Bamberg (01 Feb 1919-22 Sep 1919)
Platoon-Leader with Air-Base Schlei�heim (23 Sep 1919-23 Dec 1919)
Transferred to Police Service as Leader of Police-Flying-Squadron 2, Kitzingen (24 Dec 1919-09 Oct 1922)
Air-Officer with the Air-Surveillance Bavaria-North (10 Oct 1922-28 Feb 1927)
Leader of Air-Surveillance Bavaria-North (01 Mar 1927-31 May 1931)
Leader of Flight-Watch Pfalz (01 Jun 1931-31 May 1933)
Administrator with the Inspection of the Bavarian State Police then with the Special-Commissioner for Aviation in the Bavarian State Chancellery (01 Jun 1933-29 May 1934)
Leader of the Air-Office Berlin (28 May 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Detached to the Reichs-School for Air-Surveillance, Berlin (01 Apr 1935-04 Sep 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (01 Jul 1935) then Active-Officer (01 Oct 1937)
Commander of the Reichs-School for Air-Surveillance, Berlin (05 Sep 1935-04 Aug 1939)
At the same time, Advisor in LB II 3 of the RLM (01 Apr 1936-04 Aug 1939)
Died (04 Aug 1939)
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