Generalmajor Erhard Schmidt Born: 04 Nov 1891 in Torgau Died: 03 Mar 1969 in Pogeez, Ratzeburger See Promotions:
Matrose (26 Sep 1909); Obermatrose (01 Nov 1911); Bootsmannsmaat (01 Jun 1913); Oberbootsmannsmaat (15 Jul 1918); Polizei-Wachtmeister (01 Nov 1919); Polizei-Oberwachtmeister (24 Dec 1919); Polizei-Hauptwachtmeister (28 May 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (21 Dec 1921); Polizei-Oberleutnant (09 Apr 1925); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Sep 1929); Rittmeister (01 Dec 1934); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1935); Major (01 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1938); Oberst (01 Mar 1941); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1944) Career:
Entered the Navy as Schiffsjunge on Board the Ship-Youth-School-Ship �K�nig Wilhelm� (18 Oct 1907-22 Apr 1908)
Schiffsjunge on Board the Ship-Youth-School-Ship �Freya� (23 Apr 1908-28 Apr 1909)
Schiffsjunge on Board Ship-Youth-School-Ship �K�nig Wilhelm� (29 Apr 1909-30 Sep 1909)
Ships-Cadre �Westfalen� (01 Oct 1909-15 Nov 1909)
Matrose on the Liner �Westfalen� (16 Nov 1909-18 Sep 1910)
Detached to the Ship-Artillery-School Sonderburg (19 Sep 1910-30 Oct 1910)
Matrose on the Small Cruiser �Undine� (31 Oct 1910-17 Dec 1910)
Matrose on the Liner �Westfalen� (18 Dec 1910-26 Jun 1913)
Bootsmannsmaat on the Liner �Wettin� (27 Jun 1913-20 Sep 1913)
Bootsmannsmaat on the Liner �Westfalen� (21 Sep 1913-17 Dec 1918)
Ships-Cadre �Westfalen� (18 Dec 1918-06 Jan 1919)
With the I. Sailor-Division (07 Jan 1919-31 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the Police with the Security-Police Kiel (01 Nov 1919-09 Jan 1922)
Detached to the Higher Police School Eiche (19 May 1921-20 Aug 1921)
With the Protection-Police-Unit Schwarzenbek (10 Jan 1922-04 Aug 1922)
Detached to the Protection-Police Hindenburg, Upper Silesia (05 Aug 1922-29 Sep 1922)
With the 2nd Police-Alarm-Unit Kiel-Holtenau (30 Sep 1922-14 Feb 1923)
With the 7th Police-Alarm-Unit Kiel (15 Feb 1923-02 Aug 1923)
With the 3rd Police-Alarm-Unit Kiel (03 Aug 1923-24 Jan 1924)
With the 1st Police-Alarm-Unit Kiel (25 Jan 1924-06 Jan 1925)
With the I. Police-Inspection Kiel (07 Jan 1925-01 Jun 1926)
Detached to the Police-School for Physical-Training in Spandau (02 Jun 1926-02 Aug 1926)
With the I. Police-Inspection Kiel (07 Aug 1926-30 Nov 1926)
District-Training with the 4th Police-District Kiel (01 Dec 1926-28 Feb 1927)
District-Training with the Police-Presidency Kiel (01 Mar 1927-20 Apr 1927)
Chief of the 3rd Police-District Kiel (21 Apr 1927-05 Aug 1927)
Chief of the 8th Police-District Kiel (06 Aug 1927-17 Aug 1927)
Subject-Instructor at the Police-School Kiel-Gaarden (18 Aug 1927-19 Oct 1927)
Leader of the 1st Police-Alarm-Unit Kiel (20 Oct 1927-15 Jan 1928)
Chief of the 7th Police-District Kiel (16 Jan 1928-10 Apr 1928)
Course for Higher Police Officers at the Higher Police School Eiche (11 Apr 1928-07 Jul 1928)
Acting-Leader of the Port-Police Kiel (08 Jul 1928-22 Sep 1928)
Transport-Course in Spandau (24 Sep 1928-30 Oct 1928)
With the I. Police-Inspection Kiel (31 Oct 1928-31 Aug 1929)
Unit-Leader with the Mecklenburg-Strelitz State-Police (01 Sep 1929-14 Aug 1933)
Tactical Special Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (04 Jul 1933-27 Jul 1933)
Instructor with the I. Battalion of the State-Police Schwerin (15 Aug 1933-30 Sep 1933)
With the Staff of the 22nd State-Police-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-30 Nov 1934)
Transferred to Army Service as Rittmeister with the Staff of the 2nd Transport-Battalion, Rendsburg (01 Dec 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Hauptmann with the Staff of the 2nd Flak-Battalion, Rendsburg (01 Apr 1935-19 Jun 1935)
Training-Leader with the Flying-Group Sea, Neu-Kladow (20 Jun 1935-15 Aug 1935)
With the Staff of Air-District-Command VI (Sea), Kiel (16 Aug 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Major with the Staff of the 16th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (Sea), Schlewig (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1936)
At the same time, Commander of the 16th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (Sea) and Air-Base-Commandant Schleswig (16 Apr 1936-03 Aug 1936)
Company-Chief and Temporary-Commander of the 34th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Osnabr�ck (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1938)
At the same time, Commander of the 24th Flying-Replacement-Battalion and Air-Base-Commandant Quakenbr�ck (24 Jan 1938-25 Mar 1938)
Personnel-Administrator in the General-Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2 (01 Apr 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Personnel-Administrator in the General-Staff of Air-Fleet-Command 2 (01 Feb 1939-14 Apr 1940)
Commander of the 24th Flying-Training-Regiment (15 Apr 1940-25 Oct 1942)
With the Touring-Staff for the Economising of Personnel in the RLM (26 Jan 1942-19 Oct 1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant 7/XII in the Area of Field-Air-Region-Command XXV (20 Oct 1943-03 May 1945)
In British Captivity (03 May 1945-29 May 1948)
Released (29 May 1948)
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