General-Ingenieur Dipl.Ing. Peter Hertel Born: 26 Feb 1898 in Gro��rner, S�dharz Died: 08 Jul 1983 in Stuttgart Diploma In Engineering: 19 Nov 1924 Promotions:
F�hnrich (15 Aug 1917); Leutnant (11 Jan 1918); Fliegeroberstabs-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1936); Fliegerhauptstabs-Ingenieur (01 Jan 1938); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Jul 1940); General-Ingenieur (01 Jan 1942) Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker, Platoon and Company Leader, Infantry-Observer and Ordinance-Officer in the 46th Infantry-Regiment 'Graf Kirchbach' (02 Nov 1916-10 Dec 1918)
Platoon-Leader in Freikorps Heuck (Grenzschutz Silesia) (11 Dec 1918-14 Jan 1919)
Platoon-Leader in Freikorps Schlesien (15 Jan 1919-22 Apr 1919)
Ordinance-Officer and Platoon-Leader in the 46th Infantry-Regiment (23 Apr 1919-24 Aug 1919)
Platoon and Company Leader in Volkswehr-Battalion V (25 Aug 1919-14 Dec 1919)
Company-Chief in Volkswehr-Battalion II (15 Dec 1919-14 Feb 1920)
Food-Supply-Officer in the 105th Rifle-Regiment (15 Feb 1920-14 May 1920)
Company-Officer in the 10th Grenadier-Regiment (15 May 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Machine-Construction-Studies (Motor Vehicle and Aircraft) at the Technical College Stuttgart (01 Jan 1921-30 Nov 1924)
Scientific Assistant at the Chair for Aircraft-Construction at the Technical College Stuttgart (01 Dec 1924-15 Jan 1925)
Assistent for Plant-Organization and Machine-Design at the Technical College Stuttgart (16 Jan 1925-11 Feb 1925)
Scientific Assistant at the Chair for Aircraft-Construction at the Technical College Stuttgart (15 Feb 1925-28 Feb 1926)
At the same time, Pilot-Training at the Flying-School for Sports-Flight GmbH, B�blingen (27 Jan 1926-27 May 1926)
Assistent for Aircraft-Construction and Motor-Transport-Matters at the Technical College Stuttgart (01 Mar 1926-31 Oct 1926)
Entered Reichs Service as Assistent in the Army-Weapons-Office/WA Prw. 6F, Test-Engineer with the Test-Site Adlershof and Rechlin (01 Nov 1926-30 Nov 1928)
Assistent in the Army-Weapons-Office, Department for Flight-Technology and Aircraft-Development then Aircraft-Procurement and Industrial-Construction in the RWM/Wa L (01 Dec 1928-31 Jan 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Advisor in the RLM/LC III 1 (01 Feb 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Group-Director Aurcraft-Procurement in the RLM/LC III 1 (01 Apr 1934-31 Mar 1936)
Department-Director in the RLM and Representative of the Technical Office/RLM with the Reichs Minister for Armaments and Munitions (01 Apr 1936-1942)
Office-Group-Chief for Procurement of the entire Technical-Equipment with the General-Equipment-Master, RLM (1942-28 Feb 1944)
In the Staff of Generalfeldmarschall Milch - Delegated with Special Tasks (1944-1945)
In US Captivity (1945-00 Jul 1947)
Released (00 Jul 1947)
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