(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Karl-Heinrich Schulz
Born: 06 May 1906 in Wilhelmshaven
Died: 28 Jul 1986 in Die�en, Ammersee
Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (01 Apr 1926); Leutnant zur See (01 Oct 1928); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Jul 1930); Kapit�nleutnant (01 Apr 1935); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1935); Major (01 Dec 1938); Major i.G. (01 Jun 1939); Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1941); Oberst (01 Aug 1942); Generalmajor (01 May 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Basic-Training with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea, Seekadett on Board the Sailing-School-Ship �Niobe� and Courses (01 Apr 1924-31 Mar 1926)
Detached to the Naval-School M�rwik (01 Apr 1926-29 May 1927)
Officer-Candidate-Signals-Course at the Torpedo and Signals School M�rwik (30 May 1927-31 Jul 1927)
Officer-Candidate-Infantry-Course with the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Aug 1927-26 Sep 1927)
Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (27 Sep 1927-08 Jan 1928)
On Board the Liner �Hessen� (09 Jan 1928-30 Sep 1928)
On Board the Survey-Ship �Meteor� (01 Oct 1928-24 Sep 1929)
Company-Officer at the Naval-School Friedrichsort (25 Sep 1929-30 Sep 1930)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea for Special Use (01 Oct 1930-26 Sep 1932)
With the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (27 Sep 1932-01 Apr 1934)
With the Air-Office Kiel, Air-District-Command VI (Sea) (01 Apr 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Adjutant of the Inspection of the Flying-Reserve (01 Oct 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Leader of Flying-Course II at the Navigation-School Brandis (01 Apr 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Squadron-Captain at the Coastal-Reconnaissance-Squadron 1/706 and Sea-Air-Base-Commandant Nest, also Detached to the Higher Luftwaffe School Berlin-Gatow (01 Oct 1937-08 Feb 1938)
General-Staff-Officer with the General-Inspection of the Luftwaffe, RLM (09 Feb 1938-31 Jan 1939)
General-Staff-Officer with the Chief of Training-Affairs of the Luftwaffe, RLM (01 Feb 1939-17 Sep 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Air-Region-Command VI (18 Sep 1939-02 Jun 1940)
Commander of Bomber-Group 126 (03 Jun 1940-09 Aug 1940)
Shot Down, in Hospital and Detached to the 22nd Flying-Training-Regiment, Warsaw (02 Jul 1940-15 Oct 1940)
Department-Leader I in the General-Staff of Air-Fleet 4 (16 Oct 1940-30 Sep 1942)
Senior-Quartermaster of Air-Fleet 4 (01 Oct 1942-28 Feb 1943)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Fleet 4 (01 Mar 1943-22 Apr 1945)
Chief of the Luftwaffe-Operations-Staff, RLM (23 Apr 1945-06 May 1945)
In Captivity (06 May 1945-23 Dec 1947)
Released (23 Dec 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 09.06.1944 als Generalmajor und Chef des Generalstabes Luftflotte 4
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 27.07.1942 als Oberstleutnant i.G. und Leiter der F�hrungsabteilung im Generalstab der Luftflotte 4
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- 1939 EK II
- 1939 EK I


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