General-Ingenieur Dipl.Ing. Ernst Marquard Born: 08 May 1897 in Duisburg-Meiderich Died: 21 Aug 1980 in Berlin-Zehlendorf Diploma In Engineering: 06 Jul 1922 Promotions:
Leutnant (21 Jan 1916); Charakter als Oberleutnant (19 Mar 1921); Oberleutnant der Reserve (01 May 1935); Flieger-Oberstabs-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1936); Fliegerhauptstabs-Ingenieur (01 Jan 1938); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Jul 1940); General-Ingenieur (01 Sep 1941) Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer/Platoon-Leader in the 119th Grenadier-Regiment (22 Aug 1914-31 Oct 1916)
Troop-Leader in the Assault-Battalion of the 1st Army (01 Nov 1916-06 Apr 1917)
Temporary Company-Leader in the 119th Reserve-Grenadier-Regiment (07 Apr 1917-16 Nov 1917)
Flying-Training with the 10th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, B�blingen (17 Nov 1917-18 Jun 1918)
Pilot at the Flying-Observer-School West, Diest, Belgium (19 Jun 1918-29 Oct 1918)
Pilot at the Fighter-Squadron-School II (30 Oct 1918-14 Nov 1918)
Demobilisation with the 10th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, B�blingen (15 Nov 1918-20 Jan 1919)
Retired (20 Jan 1919)
MG-Soldier in the W�rttemberg Security-Battalion II (16 Apr 1919-14 May 1919)
Temporal-Volunteer in the II. Battalion of the 47th Infantry-Regiment (13 Mar 1920-01 May 1920)
Machine-Construction-Studies at the Rechnical College Stuttgart (01 Feb 1919-31 May 1922)
Diploma-Engineer with the General Carburettor-Company, Berlin (01 Jun 1922-30 Sep 1924)
Entered Reichs Service in the RWM - Managing Director and Test-Director for Combat Material Equipment and Bombs with the Firm Luftverkehr Junkers, Dessau (01 Oct 1924-14 Jun 1926)
Administrator for Combat Material Equipment and Bombs with the Inspection for Weapons and Equipment/RWM/6 F II c (15 Jun 1926-31 Mar 1927)
Advisor for Launch Armaments and Ejection-Mechanisms in the Army-Weapon-Office/Pr. W 9 II b (01 Apr 1927-31 Mar 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Development-Advisor for Launch Armaments and Ejection Mechanisms in the RLM/II 5 b (01 Apr 1933-31 Mar 1937)
Group-Director for Launched Weapons and Munitions, Combat Material Devices and Bombs/RLM/LC 12 (01 Apr 1937-31 Jan 1939)
Department-Chief LC 7/RLM (01 Feb 1939-00 May 1945)
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