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Old 22nd March 2009, 04:36
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Re: Stab./KG26

Here’s what we have on this guy:

ROTH, Ernst-August.
(DOB: 19.04.98 in Potsdam).
01.03.34 trf to the Luftwaffe from the Marine with a rank of Hptm., appt Referent and Abt.-Leiter for Bodensorganisation Land u. See/ RLM, and concurrently ordered to Luftkreis VI (See).
01.01.35 promo to Maj.
10.07.36 appt Kdr. Fl.Waffenschule (See) Parow (to 30.09.37).
01.03.37 promo to Obstlt.
01.10.37 appt Kdr. Kü.Fl.Gr. 106.
01.04.39 appt Chef des Stabes/Gen. d.Lw. beim Ob.d.M.
01.06.39 promo to Oberst.
02.40 concurrently appt Lufttransport-Chef des X. Fl.Korps.
01.08.40 appt Kommodore KG 40.
22.12.40 appt Kommodore KG 28.
17.11.41 awarded DKG.
02.12.41 appt Kommodore KG 26.
11.12.41 appt Fliegerführer Sizilien.
13.01.42 re-appt Kommodore KG 26.
01.08.42 promo to Gen.Maj.
11.02.43 appt Fliegerführer Lofoten/Kirkenes.
07.43 concurrently appt Fliegerführer Nord (Ost) (to 03.44).
16.11.43 awarded Ritterkreuz.
19.04.44 (or 15.06.44?) appt Fliegerführer 5, Drontheim.
19.08.44 assigned to Führerreserve OKL and Gen.z.b.V. with Luftgau Kdo. VII and XI (order rescinded?). 10.10.44 appt Kommandierender Gen. d.dt. Lw.in Norwegen.
01.01.45 promo to Gen.Lt.
09.06.45 into British captivity in Norway.
15.03.48 released.
†26.09.75 in Ahrensburg.


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