[Doug Stankey]

We have the following career data for Schumacher which may help you out:

SCHUMACHER, Karl (Carl)-August.
(DOB: 19.02.96 in Rheine/Westfalen).
01.03.33 entry into the Luftwaffe with a rank of Oblt. and appt to Stab/DVS Berlin.
01.10.33 promo to Hptm.
01.05.34 trf to the Inspektion der Fliegerschulen.
01.07.34 ordered to Flugzeugführerschule Land.
15.10.34 ordered to Infanterie-Lehrgang Döberitz.
15.12.34 appt Kompanie-Chef in Flieger-Abt. 16 (See), Holtenau.
01.08.36 promo to Maj. and appt Staka with Fl.H. Jever and in JGr. 136 Pilsen.
29.09.37 in Stab I./Kü.Jagdgruppe 136, appt Kdr. I./Kü.Jagdgruppe 136 (to 31.10.38).
01.11.38 appt Kdr. II./JG 333 (to 30.04.39).
01.03.39 promo to Obstlt. 01.05.39 appt Kdr. II./JG 77 and concurrently Kdr. Fl.H. Pilsen (to 30.11.39).
12.11.39 appt Kommodore JG 1 (to 05.01.42).
21.12.39 concurrently appt Jagdfliegerführer 1 (Deutsche Bucht) (to 01.09.41).
19.07.40 promo to Oberst.
21.07.40 awarded Ritterkreuz, Kommodore JG 1.
01.08.40 appt concurrently Jagdfliegerführer Deutsche Bucht.
01.09.41 (01.11.41?) appt Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen (to 18.01.44?).
10.01.42 (or 16.02.42?) appt acting Kommodore JG 5 (to 30.04.42)?
27.02.43 in Führerreserve Ob.d.L. pending assignment, ordered to the Dt.Lw.-Mission in Rumänien. 01.05.43 (or 01.06.43?) appt Leiter der Flieger-Lehrstab d.Dt.Lw.-Mission in Rumänien (to 03.44). 01.01.44 promo to Gen.Maj.
01.04.44 appt beim Stab des Luftgau-Kdo. XI, Hamburg.
30.01.45 appt Chef NS-Führungsstab/OKL (to 08.05.45).
08.05.45 into American captivity.
01.04.47 released.
Credited with c.160 combat missions and 2 air victories during the course of the war.
†22.05.67 in Bad Godesberg.


It would appear that Stab/JG 1 per se was merely a component within the control of the higher staff which controlled a wider range of units for the purposes of air defense in that region. The fact that Schumacher was concurrently made commander of JG 1 and of Jagdfliegerführer 1 merely confuses the issue.

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