• Bootsmannsmaat: 1 September 1915
• Fähnrich zur See: 13 July 1916
• Leutnant zur See: 13 December 1917
• Oberleutnant zur See: 10 January 1921
• Kapitänleutnant: 1 October 1928

• Major: 1 October 1934
• Oberstleutnant: 1 October 1936
• Oberst: 1 January 1939
• Generalmajor: 1 November 1941
• Generalleutnant: 1 September 1944

• 3 August 1914-25 September 1914: Entered the Imperial German Navy as a War Volunteer and assigned to the II. Matrosen-Division.
• 26 September 1914-15 April 1915: War Volunteer in the 1. Matrosen-Regiment.
• 16 April 1915-6 October 1915: War Volunteer in the Instruction/Demonstration Company of the II. Matrosen-Division.
• 7 October 1915-9 November 1915: Infantry training at the Naval School.
• 10 November 1915-5 February 1916: Training aboard the cadet school ship Freya.
• 6 February 1916-18 June 1916: Sea Cadet aboard the battleship Prinzregent Luitpold. [Assigned to the VI Division of III Battle Squadron, the battleship Prinzregent Luitpold took part in the epic Battle of Jutland against the British Grand Fleet, 31 May-1 June 1916. Although heavily engaged in the battle, the ship suffered virtually no damage at all and only 11 members of the crew were wounded.]
• 19 June 1916-29 September 1916: Navigation Course at the Naval School.
• 30 September 1916-31 December 1916: Training with the 3rd Torpedo Boat School Flotilla.
• 1 January 1917-3 March 1917: Artillery Course aboard the armored cruiser Kaiserin Augusta.
• 4 March 1917-21 September 1917: Training with the 3rd Torpedo Boat School Flotilla.
• 22 September 1917-December 1917: Pilot training with the II. Seeflieger-Abteilung [Naval Flying Detachment], Wilhelmshaven.
• December 1917-30 November 1918: Pilot in the II. Seeflieger-Abteilung, Wilhelmshaven and Norderney.
• 1 December 1918-26 March 1919: Leader of the Hage/Ostfriesland Camp Command.
• 27 March 1919-1 September 1919: Pilot and Writer Officer at the Wilhelmshaven Naval Air Station and, at the same time, Second Adjutant of the II. Seeflieger-Abteilung.
• 2 September 1919-6 October 1919: Leader of the Hage/Ostfriesland Camp Command.
• 7 October 1919-25 November 1919: Pilot and Writer Officer at the Wilhelmshaven Naval Air Station.
• 26 November 1919-January 1920: Pilot and Writer Officer at the List Naval Air Station on Sylt.
• January 1920-15 August 1920: Pilot and Writer Officer at the Wilhelmshaven Naval Air Station.
• 16 August 1920-4 September 1921: Watch Officer in the 8th Minesweeper Half Flotilla.
• 5 September 1921-21 December 1921: Sport Course at the Sports Detachment of the North Sea Naval Station.
• 22 December 1921-28 February 1922: Schiffsstamm [Ship’s Cadre] Braunschweig.
• 1 March 1922-6 October 1922: Sport and Section Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Braunschweig.
• 7 October 1922-7 October 1924: Watch Officer aboard the W 2 in the II. Torpedo Boat Flotilla.
• 8 October 1924-30 September 1926: Chief of the 3rd (Artillery) Company of Coast Defence Battalion II.
• 1 October 1926-27 September 1927: Chief of the 3rd (Flak) Company of the II. Naval Artillery Battalion.
• 28 September 1927-7 June 1928: Watch Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Schlesien.
• 8 June 1928-31 August 1928: Course at the Ship’s Artillery School.
• 1 September 1928-27 November 1928: Watch Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Schlesien.
• 28 November 1928-4 December 1928: Flak Course at the Coastal Artillery School.
• 5 December 1928-22 September 1929: Watch Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Schlesien.
• 23 September 1929-26 September 1931: Photography Officer on the staff of the Baltic Sea Naval Station.
• 27 September 1931-28 September 1932: Detached to the staff of the Fleet Command.
• 29 September 1932-30 September 1933: Second Artillery Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Hessen.
• 1 October 1933: Transferred from the Navy to the Luftwaffe.
• 1 October 1933-30 September 1935: Consultant in the Training Department of the Reich Air Ministry.
• 1 October 1935-30 June 1937: Commander of the Pilot School Warnemünde.
• 1 July 1937-31 March 1938: Personal Consultant in the Luftkreis [Air District] Command Braunschweig.
• 1 April 1938-28 February 1941: Commander of Flying Training Regiment 16 and Military Airfield Commandant Schleswig.
• 1 March 1941-3 April 1942: Airfield District Commandant Greifswald.
• 4 April 1942-30 November 1942: Airfield District Commandant Stavangar, Norway.
• 1 December 1942-10 May 1943: Airfield District Commandant 5/XIII, Tunis.
• 13 May 1943-13 March 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
  • 22 May 1943 transferred to Trent Park Camp 11 sorting camp.
  • 1 June 1943 transferred from Trent Park Camp 11 sorting camp to unknown POW camp.
  • 8 April 1946 transferred via LDC (London District Cage) to Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 15 May 1946 transferred to LDC from Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 17 May 1946 from LDC to Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 27 November 1946 from Island Farm Special Camp 11 to Camp 99 Medical Hospital
  • 31 December 1946 from Camp 99 Medical Hospital to Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 7 October 1947 transferred via Camp 43 to CIC Adelheide (Civil Internment Camp).

• German Cross in Gold: 1 November 1943, Generalmajor, Airfield District Commandant 5/XIII, Tunis.
• Iron Cross, 1st Class (1939)
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• War Merit Cross, 1st Class with Swords
• War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)
• Wound Badge in Black – World War I award
• Imperial Navy Pilot’s Badge – World War I award
• Commemorative Badge for Naval Flyers

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