General-Ingenieur Dipl.Ing. Karl Rau Born: 02 Nov 1884 in Schopfloch, Bavaria (Bayern) Died: 15 Dec 1971 in Munich (M�nchen) Diploma In Engineering: 07 Aug 1909 Promotions:
Gefreiter (01 Apr 1906); Unteroffizier (01 Aug 1906); Vizefeldwebel der Reserve (02 May 1907); Leutnant der Reserve (24 Jan 1910); Oberleutnant der Reserve (13 Jul 1915); Charakter als Hauptmann der Reserve (29 May 1922); Hauptmann der Reserve (01 Oct 1938); Major der Reserve (01 Dec 1942); Flieger-Hauptstabs-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1936); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Jul 1940); General-Ingenieur (01 Nov 1941) Career:
Studies at the Technical College Munich (1903-30 Sep 1905)
One-Year-Volunteer in the 20th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1906)
Discharged to the Reserve (30 Sep 1906)
Studies at the Technical College Munich (01 Oct 1906-31 Aug 1909)
Construction-Engineer for Motor Vehicles with the Adler-Works AG, Frankfurt/Main (15 Aug 1909-14 May 1910)
construction and Test Engineer with LZ Friedrichshafen, Department for Aircraft Construction (17 May 1910-28 Feb 1912)
Assistant of the Senior-Engineer with the Firm LZ-Friedrichshafen (01 Mar 1912-31 May 1912)
1st Engineer with the Firm Aircraft-Construction Friedrichshafen GmbH (01 Jun 1912-14 Aug 1913)
Operations-Leader of the Department for Aircraft Construction of Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG (15 Aug 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Recalled from Reserve as Platoon-Leader in the 20th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-10 Oct 1914)
Adjutant of the Replacement-Battalion of the 20th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (11 Oct 1914-18 Apr 1915)
Technical Officer with Staging-Flight-Park 6 a (20 Apr 1915-01 Jan 1916)
Technical Officer with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schlei�heim (02 Jan 1916-15 Oct 1917)
Retired (30 Jun 1917)
Technical Director of Luftverkehrs-Gesellschaft Johannisthal (01 Jul 1917-31 Dec 1918)
Technical Director of the Firm Ambi, Johannisthal (01 Jan 1919-12 May 1920)
Conferrer Engineer for Workshop-Equipment, Berlin-Karlshorst (13 May 1920-31 Jul 1920)
Technical Director of the German Works AG, Munich and Dachau (01 Aug 1920-30 Sep 1924)
Civil and Conferrer Engineer in Munich (01 Oct 1924-11 Feb 1926)
Entered Reichs Service as Outside Assistant of the German Commercial-Flying-School Adlershof in South Germany, RVM (Reichs Transport Ministry) (12 Feb 1926-30 Sep 1926)
District-Leader of the Testing-Grounds for Aircraft of the Reichs-Office for Flight-Security, RVM (01 Oct 1926-30 Sep 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as District-Leader of the Testing-Grounds for Aircraft of the Reichs-Office for Flight-Security, RLM, C III (01 Oct 1933-27 Aug 1934)
Advisor for Technology and and Test-Matters and Group-Leader II with Air-District-Command IV (28 Aug 1934-31 Mar 1936)
Advisor for Technology and and Test-Matters and Group-Leader II with Air-Region-Command VI, M�nster (01 Apr 1938-31 Jul 1939)
Air-Region-Engineer VII (01 Aug 1939-1940)
Deputy Chief-Engineer with Air-Fleet-Command 4 (1940-07 Aug 1940)
Air-Region-Engineer West-France (08 Aug 1940-06 Apr 1941)
Chief-Engineer with Luftwaffe-Commander Centre (07 Apr 1941-02 Feb 1944)
Chief-Engineer with Air-Fleet-Command Reich (03 Feb 1944-31 Mar 1944)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Apr 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)
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