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Request for Identification of Generals and Admirals
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Hi Graveland, I'm thinking it's Gen.Lt. Ernst Hammer 75 Inf.Div. He looks similar to (ref. page 950, Post #14238 by Miocid)
Ps. Thanks for Erich Diestel ID.
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"General Schmidt". What is his first name? From ebay.
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Thank you, Bern.Bern Wimmera wrote: ↑21 Feb 2023, 03:40Hi Graveland, I'm thinking it's Gen.Lt. Ernst Hammer 75 Inf.Div. He looks similar to (ref. page 950, Post #14238 by Miocid)
Ps. Thanks for Erich Diestel ID.
Bern
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According to a note of the Berlin birth register to his birth entry the later Bundeswehr General Erich Ludwig Albert Gröpler died 02.05.1999 (May 2nd, 1999) in Gelnhausen.VJK wrote: ↑02 Nov 2015, 21:10Here is a brief bio of Erich Gröpler:
Born: 23 March 1906
Died: May 1999
01.04.1924: entered service with the Heer (Artillerie)
01.11.1935 - 31.03.1937: Generalstab training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow
01.04.1937: transferred to the Lw.-Führungsstab (Abt. L.A. I)
01.10.1937: Referent in 1.Abt., Genst.d.Lw
20.04.1938: transferred into the Generalstab d.Lw
00.11.1939 Major, in Ia Gruppe I (Führung)/Gen.St.d.Lw
20.01.1940: Kdr. I., Flak-Rgt. 8
07.10.1940: Ia in Stab, Luftverteidigungskommando 1
24.03.1941 appt Ia in Stab, I. Flakkorps
01.06.1941: Obstlt., Ch.d.Genst., I. Flakkorps
28.09.1942: transferred to Ob.d.L./RLM pool and admitted to a LW hospital
00.11.1942 - 01.1943: Chef d.Stabes, Lw.Kdo. Kaukasus
20.04.1943: Kdr. Flak-Rgt. 64
01.06.1943: promoted to Oberst
15.11.1943: transferred to Ob.d.L./RLM pool and ordered temporary duty to Stab, Luftgaukdo. VI for orientation training as Chef d.Genst.
15.03.1944 Chef d.Genst., Luftgaukdo VI
24.08.1944: Chef d. Stabes, IV. Flakkorps
15.11.1944: Chef d.Genst., Lufgaukdo. VI
01.12.1944 - 08.05.1945: Kdr. 21. Flakdivision
awarded DKiG: 01.12.1942
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VJK
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LW general, thanks
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Hi,
Who is this Heer general, please?
Thanks for help,
Andrey.
Who is this Heer general, please?
Thanks for help,
Andrey.
Re: Request for Identification of Generals and Admirals
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Thank you Gregg
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For me, that's a Major.
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