Generalleutnant Udo Franssen Born: 19 Sep 1884 in Bad Godesberg Died: 18 Apr 1959 in G�ttingen Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (22 Apr 1902); Leutnant zur See (29 Sep 1904); Oberleutnant zur See (17 May 1906); Kapit�nleutnant (25 Apr 1912); Korvettenkapit�n (05 Feb 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1935); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Basic-Training at the Naval School (10 Apr 1901-14 May 1901)
Kadett on Board the School-Ship �Stein� (15 May 1901-31 Mar 1902)
Training at the Naval School and Special-Courses (01 Apr 1902-30 Sep 1903)
Departed to East Asia (01 Oct 1903-00 Nov 1903)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser �F�rst Bismarck� (00 Nov 1903-20 Jan 1906)
Returned Home from East Asia (21 Jan 1906-31 Mar 1906)
Company-Officer with the I. Sailor-Division (01 Apr 1906-30 Sep 1906)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Schwaben� (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1908)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Elsaߒ (01 Oct 1908-14 Sep 1910)
Adjutant, Instructor and Court-Officer at the Ships Artillery School (15 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Artillery-Tender �Drache� (01 Oct 1911-30 Sep 1912)
1st Course at the Naval Academy (01 Oct 1912-30 Jun 1913)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Training Affairs of the Navy (01 Jul 1913-30 Sep 1913)
2nd Course at the Naval Academy (01 Oct 1913-30 Jun 1914)
Detached to the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (01 Jul 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Navigations-Officer on the Light Cruiser �Thetis� (02 Aug 1914-00 Sep 1915)
3rd Artillery-Officer on the Liner �Friedrich der Gro�e� (00 Sep 1915-18 Sep 1916)
Chief of the II. Outpost-Flottila of the North Sea (19 Sep 1916-11 May 1918)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Leader Of Minesweepers (13 May 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Commander of the Sea-Force of the North Sea (01 Jan 1919-31 Aug 1920)
Retired (31 Aug 1920)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Territorial-Officer-Aspirant (Territorial-Officer from 01 Jun 1935 and fully Activated on 01 Aug 1940) and Advisor with the Plenipotentiary for Aviation-Industry-Personnel in the RLM (21 Jan 1935-30 Sep 1937)
Group-Leader in the Office-Group Military Economics in OKW (01 Oct 1937-10 Jun 1940)
Armaments-Inspector Belgium & North France (11 Jun 1940-01 Nov 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command III, Berlin (02 Nov 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (24 May 1945-02 Oct 1953)
Released (02 Oct 1953)
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