Seeking information in addition to the following on the following Generalmajor of the Luftwaffe. Particularly interested in the precise date he left Army service in 1919.
Thanks in advance.
~ Mike Miller / ABR
GENERALMAJOR HANS KOEPPEN
Born: 31 Jul 1876 in Minden / Westfalen
Died: 10 Jul 1948 in Berlin
Promotions:
Leutnant (17 Mar 1894); Oberleutnant (19 May 1903);
Hauptmann (24 Mar 1909); Major (01 Nov 1914);
Charakter als Oberstleutnant (1919); Oberstleutnant
(01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Oct 1939); Generalmajor (01
Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as Company-Officer in the 15th
Infantry-Regiment (17 Mar 1894-21 Mar 1907)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1903-30 Sep 1906)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1907-23
Mar 1909)
Adjutant of the Senior-Quartermaster in the Grand
General Staff (24 Mar 1909-21 Mar 1910)
In the General-Staff of the VIII. Army-Corps (22 Mar
1910-26 Jan 1912)
Company-Chief in the 163rd Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan
1912-30 Nov 1913)
In various General-Staff-Positions, ending as Chief Of
The General Staff of Special-Purpose-General-Command
68 (01 Dec 1913-1918)
Commander of the 27th Infantry-Regiment (1918-1919)
Retired (1919)
Entered Luftwaffe Service with the Staff of
Air-Region-Command 4, Berlin (01 Oct 1936-30 Jun 1938)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of
Air-Region-Command III, Berlin (01 Jul 1938-30 Sep
1939)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Region-Command III,
Berlin (01 Oct 1939-31 Mar 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKL (01 Apr 1941-00 Dec 1941)
With the Staff of the Gas-Protection-School of the
Luftwaffe, Berlin (00 Dec 1941-1942)
Leader of Instruction-Staff Paris-Seraux (1942-1943)
Oberst with the Staff of Higher Commander for
Troop-Gas-Protection, Berlin-Gatow (1943-04 Jan 1944)
Taken ill (06 Dec 1943-04 Jan 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the
Flying-Replacement-Battalion III (04 Jan 1944-30 Apr
1944)
Retired (30 Apr 1944)
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des kgl. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit
Schwertern (22 Apr 1918)
Generalmajor der Luftwaffe Hans Koeppen
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