General-Ingenieur Dipl.Ing. Rudolf Spies Born: 02 Dec 1895 in Moscow, Russia Died: 02 Feb 1978 in Munich (M�nchen) Diploma In Engineering: 14 Aug 1924 Promotions:
Gefreiter (02 May 1915); Unteroffizier (31 Jul 1915); Vizewachtmeister (09 Oct 1915); Vizeflugmeister (01 Dec 1916); Leutnant der Reserve der Marineartillerie (16 Nov 1917); Flieger-Oberstabs-Ingenieur (01 Aug 1936); Flieger-Hauptstabs-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1937); General-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1940) Career:
Entered the Army as a War-Volunteer in the 17th Ulanen-Regiment (01 Oct 1914-10 Feb 1916)
Transferred to the Navy, Flying-Training with the II. Sea-Flying-Battalion, Wilhelmshaven then with the Sea-Flight-Station Norderney (11 Feb 1916-04 Aug 1916)
Pilot with the Sea-Flight-Station Borkum (05 Aug 1916-01 Jun 1917)
Pilot with the Sea-Flight-Station Flaunders II (02 Jul 1917-13 Aug 1918)
Wounded, in Hospital (13 Aug 1918-09 Nov 1918)
In Captivity (09 Nov 1918-08 May 1919)
Released from captivity and transferred to Reserve-Hospital 7 (09 May 1919-05 Apr 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the II. Sea-Flying-Battalion, Wilhelmshaven (06 Apr 1920-30 Apr 1920)
Retired (30 Apr 1920)
Aircraft-Construction-Studies at the Technical College Dresden then Darmstadt (01 May 1920-21 Oct 1922)
Operations-Engineer and Pilot with the Firm Svenska Aero, Stockholm (28 Jan 1923-01 Sep 1924)
Technical Designer with the Firm Heinkel Aircraft Works, Warnem�nde (15 Sep 1924-31 Jan 1925)
Civil Employee of the Army, Auxiliary-Advisor and Pilot in thr RWM, Department T2 V(L) (01 Feb 1925-15 Mar 1927)
Advisor for Sea-Aircraft-Construction-Operations and Approval-Pilot in Naval Command, Department LS (16 Mar 1927-30 Apr 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 May 1933)
Advisor in the RLM (01 May 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Technical Director of Test-Site Travem�nde (01 Apr 1934-31 Mar 1937)
Engineer with the Staff of Inspection LC2/RLM (01 Apr 1937-30 Apr 1938)
Chief-Engineer with Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2, Braunschweig (01 May 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Chief-Engineer with Air-Fleet-Command 2 (01 Feb 1939-30 Jun 1944)
Chief-Engineer with Air-Fleet-Command 10 (01 Jul 1944-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-1948)
Released (1948)
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