Generalmajor Otto Schroeder-Zollinger Born: 25 Aug 1899 in Brumana, Syria Died: 16 Nov 1980 in Schmalenbek, District Herzogtum Lauenburg Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (18 Aug 1918); Leutnant zur See (01 Jan 1921); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Apr 1925); Kapit�nleutnant (01 Jan 1932); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1933); Major (01 Jul 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1945) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Kadett at the Naval-School M�rwik (01 Oct 1917-31 Dec 1917)
Seekadett on the School-Ship �Freya� (01 Jan 1918-26 Mar 1918)
Seekadett and F�hnrich Of The Sea on Board the Liner �Oldenburg� (27 Mar 1918-23 Sep 1918)
Navigation-Course at the Naval-School (24 Sep 1918-08 Jan 1919)
Discharged to the Reserve (08 Jan 1919)
Reactivated as F�hnrich in the 3rd Naval-Brigade (von L�wenfeld) (15 May 1919-10 Sep 1920)
Navigation-Course at the Naval-School (11 Sep 1920-02 May 1921)
Training on Board the Minesweeper �M 90� (03 May 1921-12 May 1921)
Navigation-Course at the Naval-School (13 May 1921-02 Jan 1922)
Course at the Torpedo-School (03 Jan 1922-15 Mar 1922)
Platoon-Leader-Training with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (16 Mar 1922-31 May 1922)
Artillery-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (01 Jun 1922-14 Aug 1922)
Barrier-Course with the Barrier-Security-Command (15 Aug 1922-13 Sep 1922)
Officer-Signals-Course at the Signals-School (14 Sep 1922-15 Oct 1922)
Leutnant zur See on Board the Liner �Braunschweig� (16 Oct 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Torpedo-Officer-Course at the Torpedo-School (01 Oct 1923-22 Dec 1923)
II. Radio-Officer on the Liner �Braunschweig� (23 Dec 1923-10 Aug 1924)
Course for Physical-Training at the Naval-School M�rwik (11 Aug 1924-17 Dec 1924)
Sport-Officer on the Liner �Braunschweig� (18 Dec 1924-23 Sep 1925)
Adjutant of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (24 Sep 1925-26 Sep 1926)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat �T 185� (27 Sep 1926-30 Sep 1927)
Watch-Officer with the 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Oct 1927-15 Jun 1928)
I. Watch-Officer and Torpedo-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat �Seeadler� (16 Jun 1928-30 Sep 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Oct 1928-31 Mar 1929)
Special-Course at the Coastal-Artillery-School (02 Oct 1928-24 Oct 1928)
Special-Course at the Torpedo and Signals School (26 Nov 1928-15 Dec 1928)
Special-Course at the Torpedo and Signals School (03 Jan 1929-27 Mar 1929)
With the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Apr 1929-28 Sep 1930)
Artillery-Observer-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (16 Aug 1929-24 Aug 1929)
Artillery-Observer-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (26 Aug 1929-20 Sep 1929)
Artillery-Observer-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (22 Sep 1929-25 Sep 1929)
Artillery-Observer-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (18 Aug 1930-12 Sep 1930)
Artillery-Observer-Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (15 Sep 1930-23 Sep 1930)
Photographic-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (29 Sep 1930-26 Sep 1932)
Torpedo-Officer on the Cruiser �K�nigsberg� (27 Sep 1932-30 Sep 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe with the Command of Weapons-Schools Sea, RLM and Sea-Observer-School Warnem�nde (01 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Commander of the Weapons-School Bug/R�gen and also Air-Base-Commandant Bug/R�gen (01 Apr 1934-11 Mar 1936)
2nd Adjutant with the Staff of Air-District-Command VI (Sea) (01 May 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Group-Leader II with Air-District-Command VI (Sea) then with Luftwaffe-Command Sea, Kiel (01 Oct 1937-31 Mar 1939)
Group-Leader in the Staff of the General Of Luftwaffe with the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 Apr 1939-08 Sep 1940)
Commander of the Flying-Weapon-School (Sea), Parow (09 Sep 1940-26 Feb 1941)
Commander of the Greater Bomber-Flying-School 5, Parow (27 Feb 1941-07 Sep 1943)
At the same time, Air-Base-Commandant Parow (09 Sep 1940-07 Sep 1943)
Group-Leader in the Staff of the Air-Mine-Inspectorate, OKL (01 Nov 1943-31 Jul 1944)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command Belgium-North France (01 Aug 1944-14 Sep 1944)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command XIV, Wiesbaden (15 Sep 1944-03 Oct 1944)
With Special-Staff Olbrich-Ungarn, OKL (04 Oct 1944-01 Dec 1944)
With the Staff for Special-Assignments and Troop-Proposals, OKL (02 Dec 1944-12 May 1945)
Commandant of the Luftwaffe-Collective-Camp Gettorf (13 May 1945-16 Jul 1945)
In British Captivity (17 Jul 1945-17 May 1948)
Released (17 May 1948)
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