(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

General der Flakartillerie August Schmidt
Born: 01 Feb 1883 in Hildesheim
Died: 23 Nov 1955 in Rotenburg, Hannover
Promotions:
Fahnrnjunker-Unteroffizier (27 Jan 1902); F�hnrich (17 May 1902); Leutnant (27 Jan 1903); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1911); Hauptmann (08 Oct 1914); Charakter als Major (30 Jun 1922); Oberst (01 Mar 1935); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1940); General der Flakartillerie (01 Jul 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 75th Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Oct 1901-19 Feb 1909)
Detached to Instruction-Course at the Field-Artillery-Firing-School (05 Feb 1905-25 May 1905)
Detached to the Artillery-Workshop Spandau (01 Dec 1908-31 Jan 1909)
Battery-Officer in the 10th Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Feb 1909-30 Sep 1909)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 10th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1909-24 Jun 1912)
Battery-Officer in the 10th Field-Artillery-Regiment (25 Jun 1912-30 Sep 1912)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1912-01 Aug 1914)
Battery-Leader in the 10th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-00 Sep 1914)
Battalion-Leader in the 46th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (00 Sep 1914-00 Jan 1915)
Adjutant of the 19th Reserve-Infantry-Brigade (00 Jan 1915-19 Dec 1915)
With the Staff of Staging-Inspection 4 (20 Dec 1915-02 Sep 1916)
At the same time, Acting-Chief Of Operations of the 46th Reserve-Division (27 Jan 1916-03 Mar 1916)
In the General-Staff of the VII. Army-Corps (03 Sep 1916-20 Nov 1916)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 28th Infantry-Division (21 Nov 1916-26 Aug 1918)
In the General-Staff of the X. Reserve-Corps (27 Aug 1918-03 Jan 1919)
In the 10th Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Jan 1919-22 Jan 1919)
In the Staff of the 86th Infantry-Division (23 Jan 1919-10 Mar 1919)
Advisor in the Army General Staff (11 Mar 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Advisor in the RWM (01 Oct 1919-28 Feb 1922)
With the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Mar 1922-30 Jun 1922)
Retired (30 Jun 1922)
Employed by the Army with the RWM (24 Jun 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Reactivated to Army Service as an Oberst in the RWM (01 Mar 1935-30 Apr 1936)
Managing Director of the Reichs-Defence-Committee, Berlin, RLM (24 Jun 1934-30 Apr 1936)
Instructor at the Air War Academy (01 Apr 1936-31 Mar 1937)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 May 1936)
Course with Bomber-Group 157, Langenhagen (01 Sep 1936-14 Sep 1936)
Course with Flying-Group (S), Hildesheim (15 Sep 1936-29 Sep 1936)
Higher Flak-Artillery Commander I (01 Apr 1937-31 Oct 1937)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region VI (01 Nov 1937-01 Apr 1945)
Commanding General of the Special-Purpose-Flak-Corps (02 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Nov 1950)
Condemned by a British Military Court in Hamburg to Life Imprisonment because of Alleged War Crimes, on Appeal Judgement was reduced to 10 Years (14 Oct 1947)
Released Early for Health Reasons (00 Nov 1950)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (1598): am 13.02.1945 als General der Flakartillerie und Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber im Luftgau VI. (M�nster)
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 06.03.1944 als General der Flakartillerie und Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber im Luftgau VI. (M�nster)
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 12.04.1917
- EK I: 14.03.1917
- EK II: 17.09.1914
- Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse: 16.12.1914
- Schaumburg-Lippisches Kreuz f�r treue Dienste 1914: 10.06.1915
- F�rstl. Hohenzollernsches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern: 30.03.1917
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Badischer Orden vom Z�hringer L�wen mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern: 08.09.1917
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer 1914/1918: 01.11.1935
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse
- Ehrendegen des Generalobersten G�ring: 18.01.1938
- Spange zum EK I: 21.05.1940
- Spange zum EK II: 01.10.1939
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern: 25.03.1942


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