Generalmajor Dr. Emil Stephan Born: 02 Feb 1897 in Sachsenhausen, District Nieder-Paderborn Died: 26 Nov 1946 in Paderborn Doctorate In Jurisprudence: 18 Mar 1932 Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (26 Jan 1915); F�hnrich (22 Mar 1915); Leutnant (14 Jul 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (26 Oct 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (30 Oct 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (13 Jul 1921); Polizei-Hauptmann (20 Jun 1926); Polizei-Major (26 Apr 1934); Major (01 Aug 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the 24th Territorial-Infantry-Regiment (21 Aug 1914-05 Nov 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 64th Infantry-Regiment (06 Nov 1914-19 Nov 1914)
Fahnenjunker and Platoon-Leader in the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (20 Nov 1914-14 Jul 1917)
Observer-Training with the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (15 Jul 1917-14 Sep 1917)
Training at the Artillery-Observer-Preparatory-School J�terbog and at the Artillery-Flying-School II (15 Sep 1917-12 Dec 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 9 (13 Dec 1917-18 Feb 1918)
Detached to Flying-Battalion A 254 (23 Dec 1917-26 Jan 1918)
Cadre-Officer with the 14th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (19 Feb 1918-06 Aug 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 18 (07 Aug 1918-16 Aug 1918)
Observer with Flying-Battalion A 249 (17 Aug 1918-16 Oct 1918)
Observer with the 205th Flying-Battalion (17 Oct 1918-10 Jan 1919)
Company-Leader in the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (11 Jan 1919-22 Mar 1919)
Court-Officer of the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (23 Mar 1919-02 Oct 1919)
Adjutant of the Processing-Office of the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (19 May 1919-29 Oct 1919)
Company-Leader in the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (09 Sep 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Granted Leave (30 Oct 1919-10 Apr 1920)
Retired (10 Apr 1920)
Entered Police Service as Platoon-Leader, Alarm-Officer, Assistant with the Command and District-Chief with the Protection-Police Halle/Saale (30 Oct 1919-31 Mar 1925)
Alarm-Unit-Leader, Bureau-Officer and District-Chief with the Protection-Police M�nster/Westphalia (01 Apr 1925-31 Jul 1926)
Lecturer, Training-Officer, Instruction-Department-Leader and Officer of Desk Duty at the Police-School M�nster/Westphalia (01 Aug 1926-30 Sep 1932)
District-Chief in Potsdam (01 Oct 1932-31 Oct 1933)
Instructor at the Police-School Eiche (01 Nov 1913-31 Jul 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Instructor for School-Courses Eiche (01 Aug 1935-30 Apr 1936)
Commander of the Flying-School Braunschweig (01 May 1936-31 Oct 1938)
Commander of Reconnaissance-Group 13, G�ppingen (01 Nov 1938-07 Oct 1939)
Commander Of Luftwaffe with the 7th Army (08 Oct 1939-05 Aug 1940)
Commander Of Luftwaffe with the 4th Army (06 Aug 1940-16 Sep 1941)
Commander Of Luftwaffe with the 11th Army (17 Sep 1941-15 Dec 1941)
Commander Of Luftwaffe with Army-Group North (16 Dec 1941-01 Apr 1942)
Commander of the 51st Flying-Training-Regiment (02 Apr 1942-28 Mar 1943)
Commander of the 26th Luftwaffe-J�ger-Regiment (29 Mar 1943-17 May 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 2/XIII (18 May 1944-06 Sep 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 3/VI (07 Sep 1944-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-26 Nov 1946)
Released (26 Nov 1946)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
- Kommandeur des Kgl. Rum�n. Orden der Krone mit Schwertern
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