Generalmajor Erich Preu Born: 23 Aug 1884 in R�merstadt, Moravia (M�hren) Died: 15 Mar 1967 in Bietigheim Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (19 Jan 1904); F�hnrich (24 Apr 1904); Leutnant (27 Jan 1905); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1914); Hauptmann (18 Apr 1915); Charakter als Major (11 Mar 1920); Major (01 Sep 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1939); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 119th Grenadier-Regiment (02 Sep 1903-30 Sep 1911)
Detached to the War School in Engers (01 Apr 1904-1905)
Company-Officer in the 124th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1911-31 Jul 1914)
Detached to Selection-Course and Auxiliary-Instructor at the Military-Gymnasium Berlin (01 Mar 1912-30 Jul 1913)
Detached to Military-Pilot-School of the Firm AEG, Berlin-Niederneuendorf (01 Aug 1913-20 Dec 1913)
Detached to Pilot-Training with the 4th Flying-Battalion (05 Jan 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the 3rd Field-Flying-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-02 Jan 1915)
Pilot with the 6th Field-Flying-Battalion (03 Jan 1915-28 Jan 1915)
Pilot with the 41st Field-Flying-Battalion (29 Jan 1925-26 Feb 1915)
Pilot with the 3rd Field-Flying-Battalion (27 Feb 1915-22 Mar 1915)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection Of Flying (23 Mar 1915-30 Apr 1915)
Leader of the Military-Flying-School K�nigsberg (01 May 1915-00 Feb 1916)
Pilot in the 1st Single-Seated-Combat-Battalion, Mannheim (00 Feb 1916-30 Sep 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 5 (01 Oct 1916-07 Oct 1916)
Leader of the 208th Artillery-Flying-Battalion (08 Oct 1916-24 Oct 1916)
Leader of the 1st Field-Flying-Battalion (25 Oct 1916-21 Nov 1916)
Leader of the Field-Flying-Battalion A 71 (22 Nov 1916-01 Jan 1917)
Leader of the Field-Flying-Battalion A 276 the of the Flying-Battalion 276 LB (02 Jan 1917-17 Aug 1918)
Flying-Advisor with the General-Staff of Army-Group Herzog Albrecht von W�rttemberg (18 Aug 1918-15 Nov 1918)
Detached to the 10th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (16 Nov 1918-25 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the 124th Infantry-Regiment (26 Nov 1918-16 Mar 1919)
Flying-Advisor in the W�rttemberg War Ministry, Department General Command (17 Mar 1919-09 Apr 1920)
Retired (09 Apr 1920)
Employed by the Army (Territorial-Officer from 01 Oct 1933) as Welfare-Officer in the II. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1931-31 Aug 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Aug 1939) and Air-Base-Commandant Schw�bisch-Hall (01 Sep 1934-31 Mar 1936)
Commander of Air-Park Illesheim and Air-Base-Commandant Illesheim (01 Apr 1936-30 Apr 1939)
Airport-Area-Commandant Prague (01 May 1939-20 Jun 1940)
Flying-Liaison-Officer of the C-in-C of the Luftwaffe with the Commander Paris (20 Jun 1940-14 Aug 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant Bordeaux (15 Aug 1940-31 Jan 1941)
In Hospital (13 Sep 1940-15 Jan 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant Prague (01 Feb 1941-07 Apr 1941)
Airport-Area-Commandant Croatia and Serbia (08 Apr 1941-02 Jan 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant Central-Section Russia, Air-Region-Command Moscow, in Bryansk, Sechtinskaya, Smolensk and Minsk (03 Jan 1942-30 May 1942)
Service-Disabled and Returned Home (31 May 1942-30 Jun 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant 3/III, Neubrandenburg (01 Jul 1942-01 Dec 1942)
In Hospital (05 Dec 1942-25 Feb 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH � Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Battalion III (26 Feb 1943-31 Oct 1943)
Retired (31 Oct 1943)
Military Advisor of District-Staff-Command of the Volkssturm Prague (00 Dec 1944-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-03 Jan 1954)
Sentenced to 25 Years Imprisonment (18 Dec 1949)
Released Early (03 Jan 1954)
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