General der Flieger Karl Koller Born: 22 Feb 1898 in Glonn by Munich (M�nchen) Died: 22 Dec 1951 in Glonn by Munich (M�nchen) Promotions:
Gefreiter (04 Aug 1917); Unteroffizier (23 Dec 1917); Vizefeldwebel (27 Feb 1918); Polizei-Oberwachtmeister (12 Feb 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (30 Oct 1922); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1925); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jan 1933); Hauptmann (01 Aug 1935); Major (01 Aug 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1939); Oberst (01 Jan 1941); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1943); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1943); General der Flieger (01 Nov 1944) Career:
Entered the Army as War Volunteer with the Recruitment-Depot of the Bavarian Railway-Replacement-Battalion (11 Aug 1914-04 Nov 1914)
Driver with the Bavarian Railway-Replacement-Battalion, with the Commander Lechfeld, with Army-Group Von Lochow and with the Commander Of Pioneers of the 8th Bavarian Infantry-Division (05 Nov 1914-15 Jan 1916)
Detached to the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Schlei�heim (16 Jan 1916-31 Jan 1916)
Detached to Motor-School Oberursel (01 Feb 1916-03 Apr 1916)
Pilot in Squadron 34 (04 Apr 1916-02 May 1917)
Detached to Flying-School 1 (03 May 1917-11 May 1917)
Detached to Flying-School 4 (12 May 1917-21 Nov 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 3 (22 Nov 1917-03 Dec 1917)
Pilot in the 273rd Flying-Battalion (04 Dec 1917-27 Feb 1918)
Pilot in the 47th Flying-Battalion (28 Feb 1918-16 Mar 1918)
Detached to Fighter-Squadron-School 2 (17 Mar 1918-02 Apr 1918)
Pilot in the Fighter-Squadron 76 (03 Apr 1918-25 May 1918)
In British Captivity (25 May 1918-00 Dec 1919)
Released and Retired (00 Dec 1919)
Entered Police Service as Pilot with Police-Flying-Squadron 1, Schlei�heim (12 Feb 1920-30 Sep 1922)
Platoon-Leader and Trainer with the State-Police Munich (01 Oct1 922-1928)
Adjutant of Section-Command III of State-Police Munich and Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (1928-1932)
Instructor at the Police-Officer-School Munich, at the same time in State-Police-Operations-Staff (1932-31 Jul 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and Observer-Training in Fa�berg (01 Aug 1935-31 Oct 1935)
Detached to the Air War Academy, Berlin-Gatow (01 Nov 1935-28 Feb 1936)
Squadron-Captain with Bomber-Flying-Course J�terbog and Oldenburg (01 Mar 1936-30 Nov 1936)
Detached to the Air War Academy, Berlin-Gatow (01 Dec 1936-31 Dec 1937)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Air-District-Command V (01 Jan 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 3 (01 Jul 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Air-Fleet-Command 3 (01 Feb 1939-31 Dec 1940)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Fleet 3 (01 Jan 1941-04 Sep 1943)
Chief of the Luftwaffe-Operations-Staff (04 Sep 1943-31 Aug 1944)
Wounded in the 20 Jul 1944 Bomb Plot Against Hitler, in Hospital and F�hrer-Reserve (20 Jul 1944-31 Oct 1944)
Chief Of The General Staff Of The Luftwaffe (01 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity and Internment (08 May 1945-00 Dec 1947)
Released (00 Dec 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 10.04.1942 als Oberst i.G. und Chef des Generalstabs der Luftflotte 3
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 07.02.1944 als Generalmajor und Chef des Generalstabs der Luftflotte 3
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Prussian Aero Club Badge
- Kgl. Bayer. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Gemeinsames Flugzeugf�hrer- und Beobachter-Abzeichen
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange �Prager Burg�
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 20.07.1944, in Schwarz
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