General der Flieger Karl Drum Born: 31 Jul 1893 in Diemeringen, Unterelsa� Died: 02 Apr 1968 in Meersburg Promotions:
F�hnrich (22 Mar 1914); Leutnant (07 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1918); Rittmeister (01 Apr 1926); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1936); Oberst (01 Oct 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1943); General der Flieger (01 Jul 1944) Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker, Company-Officer and Company-Leader in the 14th Baden Pioneer-Battalion (01 Jul 1913-09 Jun 1915)
Detached to War-School in Metz (25 Mar 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Badly Wounded, in Hospital (09 Jun 1915-20 Jan 1916)
Aircraft-Observer-Training with the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (21 Jan 1916-03 Apr 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park Gaede (04 Apr 1916-12 Apr 1916)
Observer with the 216th Artillery-Flying-Battalion (13 Apr 1916-15 May 1916)
Observer with the 48th Flying-Battalion (16 May 1916-03 Jul 1916)
Detached to Flight-Park West (04 Jul 1916-09 Jul 1916)
Observer with the 1st Combat-Wing of the OHL (10 Jul 1916-28 Jul 1916)
Observer with the 7th Combat-Wing of the OHL (29 Jul 1916-31 Dec 1916)
Observer with the 13th Protection-Squadron (01 Jan 1917-10 Feb 1917)
Observer with the 23rd Flying-Battalion (11 Feb 1917-26 Dec 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 2/Front-Line-Photographic-Troop 2 (27 Dec 1917-21 Feb 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park A/Front-Line-Photographic-Troop A (22 Feb 1918-22 Mar 1918)
Observer with the 276th Flying-Battalion (23 Mar 1918-12 May 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 18 (13 May 1918-17 May 1918)
Observer with the 23rd Flying-Battalion (18 May 1918-06 Jun 1918)
Leader of the 3rd Front-Line-Photographic-Platoon (07 Jun 1918-16 Dec 1918)
Demobilisation with the Airbase Stolp (17 Dec 1918-16 Feb 1919)
Adjutant of the Commander of Flying of the XVII. Army-Corps (17 Feb 1919-24 Aug 1919)
With the Processing-Office of the 14th Pioneer-Battalion (25 Aug 1919-01 Sep 1919)
Detached to the 313th Pioneer-Battalion (02 Sep 1919-16 Sep 1919)
Company-Officer in the 113th J�ger-Battalion (17 Sep 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1923)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Course with Military-District-Command V (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1924)
Platoon-Leader in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-30 Jun1 925)
Advisor for Air Photographic Affairs with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Jul 1925-30 Sep 1926)
Company-Chief in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-14 Sep 1929)
Detached to Army-Organisation-Department (T 2) in the RWM (15 Sep 1929-30 Sep 1929)
Advisor for Tactics-Technical Queries of the Military Air Affairs, RWM (01 Oct 1929-31 Mar 1933)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Advisor with Special Duties of the Chief of the Technical Office in the RLM (01 Apr 1933-30 Apr 1934)
Tactics Instructor at the Flying-School Hildesheim (01 May 1934-09 May 1935)
Course-Director at the Flying-School Hildesheim (01 May 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Commander of the Flying-School Braunschweig (01 Apr 1936-20 Jan 1938)
Commander of the Reconnaissance-Flying-School Braunschweig (21 Jan 1938-02 Apr 1938)
At the same time, Airbase-Commandant Braunschweig (01 Apr 1936-02 Apr 1938)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) of the Inspection Of Reconnaissance-Flying in the RLM (03 Apr 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Chief Of Staff of the General Of Luftwaffe with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Commander of Army-Flying and Flak Formations (01 Apr 1939-04 Sep 1939)
Chief Of Staff of the General Of Luftwaffe with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (05 Sep 1939-14 Feb 1941)
Commander of Luftwaffe with Army-Group South (15 Mar 1941-00 Oct 1941)
Chief Of Staff of the Armed Forces Commander in the Netherlands (00 Oct 1941-00 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 11th Luftwaffe-Field-Division (00 Oct 1942-09 Nov 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (10 Nov 1943-31 Dec 1943)
General with Special Duties with Field-Air-Region-Command Belgium-North France (01 Jan 1944-30 Jun 1944)
Commanding General and Commander in Field-Air-Region West France (01 Jul 1944-06 Sep 1944)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region V, Stuttgart (06 Sep 1944-21 Sep 1944)
Arrested, War-Court-Proceedings because of Alleged Sabotage and Defeatism, acquitted in December 1944 (22 Sep 1944-07 Dec 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL, Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command V (07 Dec 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 29.03.1918
- 1914 EK I : 06.04.1915
- 1914 EK II : 27.10.1914
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich-Badischen Ordens vom Z�hringer L�wen mit Schwertern: 12.03.1915
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern: 02.12.1917
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Gemeinsames Flugzeugf�hrer und-Beobachter-Abzeichen
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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