General-Ingenieur Dipl.Ing. Hans Schwarz Born: 13 Jun 1896 in Hamburg Died: 20 May 1968 in Hamburg Diploma In Engineering: 12 Jul 1923 Promotions:
Gefreiter (06 May 1916); Unteroffizier (10 Jul 1917); Vizefeldwebel (01 Oct 1917); Leutnant der Landwehr II (07 Apr 1918); Flieger-Hauptstabs-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1936); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Jul 1940); General-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as a War-Volunteer and Flying-Training with the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Hannover (01 May 1915-31 May 1916)
Pilot at the Flying-Observer-School K�nigsberg (01 Jun 1916-09 Dec 1916)
Detached to the Army-Flight-Park of Army-Group Scholz (10 Dec 1916-14 Jan 1917)
Pilot with Flying-Battalion A 223 (15 Jan 1917-19 Mar 1918)
Detached to Fighter-Squadron-School Nivelle (20 Mar 1918-05 Apr 1918)
Pilot and Technical Officer in Fighter-Squadron 75 (06 Apr 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Granted Leave (01 Apr 1919-06 Apr 1919)
Retired (06 Apr 1919)
Pilot with Deutschen Luftreederei, Hamburg and also Flight-Grounds-Leader and Technical Director (01 Apr 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Mechanical Engineering Studies at the Technical College Hannover (06 Oct 1919-31 Jul 1923)
Diploma In Engineer with the Firm Otto Reimers & Co., Hamburg and Director of the Mechanical Department (01 Oct 1923-31 Dec 1925)
Entered Reichs Service as Auxiliary-Advisor in the Army-Weapons-Office/Wa. Pr�f. (01 Jan 1926-31 Mar 1933)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as Advisor, Group-Director and Department-Chief in the RLM/LC III (01 Apr 1933-06 Apr 1941)
Air-Region-Engineer West-France and later other Air-Regions (07 Apr 1941-00 May 1945)
In Captivity (00 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Subsection-Director 'Quality Tests' in Federal-Office for Military Technology and Procurement (00 Apr 1954-31 Dec 1957)
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