Generalleutnant Bruno Maaß Born: 08 Oct 1893 in Insterburg Died: 24 Jan 1973 in Munich (München) Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (03 Apr 1911); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1911); Leutnant (12 Nov 1912); Oberleutnant (18 Apr 1918); Charakter als Rittmeister (30 Nov 1921); Rittmeister (01 Apr 1926); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1936); Oberst (01 Oct 1938); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1945) Career:
Entered the Army as a Platoon-Leader in the 2nd Leib-Hussar-Regiment (03 Apr 1911-31 Jan 1915)
Pilot-Training (01 Feb 1915-00 May 1915)
Pilot with the 14th and 31st Flying-Battalions (00 May 1915-31 Jul 1917)
Adjutant of the Commander Of Flying with Army-Group Woyrsch then of the 18th Army (01 Aug 1917-00 May 1918)
Advisor with the Inspection of Flying Troops (00 May 1918-00 Nov 1918)
Adjutant of the Commander Of Flying of the XX. Army-Corps, at the same time, Chief of the Flying-Company with the Air-Base Stolp (00 Nov 1918-30 Sep 1920)
Squadron-Officer in the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Nov 1921)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff of the 3rd Cavalry-Division (00 May 1921-00 Aug 1921)
Retired (30 Nov 1921)
Reactivated to Army Service as Air-Protection-Advisor with Military-District-Command IV (01 May 1925-30 Sep 1927)
Advisor in Department T 2 III (L) in the RWM (01 Oct 1927-31 Aug 1933)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Group-Leader in the Organisation-Department in the RLM (01 Sep 1933-28 Feb 1936)
Commander of III. Group in Bomber-Wing 253 ‘General Wever’ (01 Mar 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Group-Leader Ib (Organisation) in the Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 3 (01 Apr 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Adjutant of Air-Region-Command VII (01 Jul 1938-28 Feb 1939)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Region-Command VII (01 Mar 1939-23 Jun 1941)
Chief Of The General Staff of the German Luftwaffe-Mission in Rumania (24 Jun 1941-31 Oct 1941)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Region-Command VII (01 Nov 1941-31 Oct 1942)
Judge at the Reichs-War-Court (01 Nov 1942-14 Oct 1943)
Chief of the Flying-Ground-Organisation Department, RLM (15 Oct 1943-13 Oct 1944)
Führer-Reserve then Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division (15 Oct 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)
In Captivity (00 Apr 1945-00 Jun 1945)
Released (00 Jun 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Kgl. Italien. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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