Generalmajor Friedrich Starke Born: 05 May 1889 in Halle, Saale Died: 02 Dec 1962 in Berlin Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Oct 1909); Leutnant (22 Aug 1910); Oberleutnant (25 Feb 1915); Hauptmann (27 Jan 1918); Major (01 Feb 1931); Charakter als Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1941) Career:
Entered the Army with the 2nd Railway-Regiment and Pilot-Training (17 Mar 1909-31 Jul 1914)
Pilot with the 21st Field-Flying-Battalion; Leader of the Flying-School Posen; Officer with Special Duties with the 275th Artillery-Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1914-00 Jan 1918)
Technical Officer with Bomber-Wing 4 of the Supreme Army Command (00 Jan 1918-1918)
Leader of the Primary-Flying-School Nordhausen (1918-1919)
With the Territorial-J�ger-Corps Maerker (1919-15 May 1920)
With the 4th Reichswehr-Motor-Transport-Battalion (16 May 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1921)
Company-Chief in the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1921-31 Jan 1922)
With the Staff of the 6th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Feb 1922-1925)
Company-Chief in the 6th Motor-Transport-Battalion (1925-30 Sep 1929)
With the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Oct 1929-31 Jan 1931)
Staff-Officer of Motor-Transport-Troops with Military-District-Command III/3rd Division (01 Feb 1931-31 Mar 1933)
Retired (31 Mar 1933)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Jun 1941) and Motor-Transport-Advisor with the Air-Equipment-Master, RLM (01 Jun 1935-31 May 1936)
Motor-Transport-Equipment-Inspector of the Luftwaffe (01 Jun 1936-23 Jun 1943)
At the same time, Commander of Motor-Transport-Technical Schools of the Luftwaffe, Rudolstadt (01 Jun 1936-30 Nov 1942)
Inspector Of Motor-Vehicles with the Staff of the Supply-Inspectorate with the Chief of Supply-Affairs of the Luftwaffe (24 Jun 1943-15 Sep 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Battalion III (16 Sep 1943-30 Apr 1944)
Retired (30 Apr 1944)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse
- Anhaltisches Friedrich-Kreuz
- Kgl. Preuss. Flieger Erinnerungs-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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