Generalmajor Karl-Eduard Wilke Born: 24 Jan 1901 in Kiel Died: 10 May 1990 in Hagen Promotions:
F�hnrich (25 Mar 1918); Leutnant (10 Dec 1919); Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1926); Hauptmann (01 Jan 1934); Major (01 Aug 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1939); Oberst (01 Oct 1941); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1944) Career:
Entered the Army (25 Mar 1918)
Platoon-Leader in the 171st Infantry-Regiment then in Freikorps Eulenburg (25 Mar 1918-09 Dec 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 52nd Infantry-Regiment, Cottbus (10 Dec 1919-15 Jul 1920)
Retired (15 Jul 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Apr 1923)
Battery-Officer in the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1923-31 Mar 1928)
Flying-Training in K�nigsberg (15 Jan 1926-30 Jun 1926)
Secret Flying-Training and Air-Photography-Special-Training in Lipezk, USSR (31 Mar 1928-15 Sep 1929)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-31 Oct 1932)
Photography-Courses in Berlin (01 Oct 1932-31 Mar 1933)
Photographic-Officer with the Staff of 6th Division (01 Apr 1933-14 Jun 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (15 Jun 1934)
Photographic-Officer then Chief Personnel Officer (IIa)in the Staff of the Inspector of Reconnaissance-Flying (15 Jun 1934-30 Apr 1935)
Adjutant of the State-Secretary in the RLM (01 May 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of Bomber-Instruction-Group Griefswald (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1938)
General-Staff-Training at the Air-War-Academy and at the Army-War-Academy (01 Apr 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Commander of Luftwaffe with Army-Group-Command 6 (F) (01 Jul 1938-30 Sep 1938)
Luftwaffe-Instructor at the Army-War-Academy (01 Oct 1938-31 Aug 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Commander of Luftwaffe with Army-Group F (01 Sep 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the General of Luftwaffe with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 Oct 1939-30 Sep 1940)
Chief of the Chief-Department in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Oct 1940-30 Sep 1942)
Detached to Bomber-Wing 55 for Briefing as Commodore (01 Oct 1942-31 Oct 1942)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 55 'Legion Condor' (01 Nov 1942-30 Apr 1943)
Chief of the General Staff of the Commanding General of the German Luftwaffe in Romania (01 May 1943-15 Nov 1943)
Chief of the General Staff of Luftwaffe-Command South-East (16 Nov 1943-31 Oct 1944)
Commander of Branch-Office South-East of Air-Fleet 4, Zagreb (01 Nov 1944-21 Nov 1944)
Luftwaffe-Liaison-Officer with Commander-in-Chief West (22 Nov 1944-11 Jan 1945)
Acting Commanding General of the II. Fighter-Corps (12 Jan 1945-26 Jan 1945)
Commander of the 15th Flying-Division (26 Jan 1945-27 Apr 1945)
Chief of the Organisation-Department of Air-Fleet Reich (28 Apr 1945-12 Aug 1945)
In British Captivity (12 Aug 1945-07 Jun 1947)
Released (07 Jun 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (15 Mar 1943)
Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen
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