Generalmajor Ehrenfried Tschoeltsch Born: 04 Mar 1893 in Greifswald, Pomerania (Pommern) Died: 08 Aug 1979 in Hannover Promotions:
F�hnrich (03 Apr 1915); Leutnant (15 May 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1923); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1928); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1941) Career:
Entered the Army (11 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker, Platoon-Leader and Company-Leader in the 133rd Infantry-Regiment (11 Aug 1914-24 Aug 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (24 Aug 1916-15 Dec 1916)
Training at the Observer-School Schneidem�hl/2nd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (16 Dec 1916-00 Feb 1917)
Adjutant with the Flying-Radio-Operator-Instruction-Battalion, Stolp (00 Feb 1917-00 Jul 1917)
Training at the Artillery-Flying-School Alt-Autz by Mitau and Detached to Army-Flight-Park Kowno (00 Jul 1917-00 Aug 1917)
Observer with Flying-Battalion A 219 (00 Aug 1917-06 Sep 1917)
In Russian Captivity (06 Sep 1917-03 Mar 1918)
Commandant of Prison-Camp Darnitza by Kiev (03 Mar 1918-00 Sep 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Flying-Troops - Detached to the War Press Office (00 Sep 1918-00 Jan 1919)
Battalion and Regiment Adjutant in the 133rd Infantry-Regiment (00 Jan 1919-00 Mar 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 7th Border-Guard-Battalion (00 Mar 1919-30 Sep 1919)
O4rdinance-Officer in the 37th Infantry-Regiment and temporarily Location-Major of Location-Command Leipzig (01 Oct 1919-26 Sep 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 11th Infantry-Regiment (27 Sep 1920-30 Apr 1921)
Photographic-Officer with the Staff of the 4th Division (01 May 1921-30 Apr 1924)
Platoon-Leader in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1924-31 Mar 1926)
With the Staff of Training-Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1926-30 Apr 1928)
Retired (30 Apr 1928)
Secret Flying-Training in Lipezk, USSR (01 May 1928-31 Oct 1928)
Reactivated to Army Service (31 Oct 1928)
Photographic-Officer with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Nov 1928-30 Sep 1929)
Company-Chief in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-30 Sep 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1933)
Chief of the 2nd Company at the Flying-Technical-School J�terbog (01 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Commander of the Flying-Technical-School J�terbog (01 Apr 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Instructor with the Courses for Reactivated Officers in D�beritz and K�nigsbr�ck (01 Oct 1934-31 Jul 1937)
Chief of the Defence-Department, RLM (01 Aug 1937-31 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 62nd Flying-Training-Regiment (01 Nov 1940-14 Jan 1941)
Commander of NCO-Schools and NCO-Preparatory-Schools of the Luftwaffe (15 Jan 1941-14 Feb 1944)
Inspector for Exercise and Combat Training of Flying-Troops in the Area of the General of Flying-Training (15 Feb 1944-31 Aug 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (01 Sep 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Chief of the Operations-Staff of Air-Fleet Reich (01 Jan 1945-04 May 1945)
In British Captivity (04 May 1945-08 Jul 1947)
Released (08 Jul 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. S�chs. Milit�r St. Heinrichs-Orden
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- k.u.k. �sterr. Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz II. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
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