Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Erich Riva

Erich Riva (20 June 1888 - 4 March 1954) joined the Austrian Feldjäger Battalion 25 on 30 September 1905 as a one-year volunteer. On September 30, 1906, he was transferred to the Infantry Regiment 101 and promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 1 January 1907. Activated on November 1, 1909, he was appointed on April 1, 1911 to the bailiff-Akzessist and transferred to the military-building department of the VII Corps. At the same time he joined the military construction. On July 28, 1914 he was transferred to the military-building department of the XVI. Corps. On June 28, 1914 he came to the military construction department Mostar. On October 10, 1914, he returned to the army and served as train commander in the Austrian Infantry Regiment 101. On January 20, 1915 promoted to lieutenant, he came on 16 February 1915 as platoon and company commander in the Austrian infantry Regiment 26. On May 1, 1917, he was promoted to captain. At the end of the war, he joined in November 1918 in the Volkswehr Company in Eferding, until he was transferred to the March 1, 1919 in the reserve and discharged from military service. On May 1, 1921, he was reactivated in the Austrian army and transferred to the Alpine Hunters Regiment 8. On March 1, 1923, he was promoted to Chief of Staff and on October 17, 1923, transferred to the Alpine Hunters Regiment 7. He was promoted to Major on October 29, 1924. From July 1, 1926, he served as a teacher at the Army School Enns , From 1 September 1928 to 6 January 1930, he returned again to the Alpine Hunters Regiment 7, to teach again at the Army School Enns. From 1 September 1932 he was commander of the academician battalion at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener-Neustadt. On December 18, 1934, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and transferred on April 1, 1937 in the staff of the Infantry Regiment 14. On September 16, 1937, he eventually became commander of the 1st Battalion of the Infantry Regiment 17. On March 15, 1938, he joined the German Air Force and became officer z.b.V. of the Reich Aviation Ministry and Commander in Chief of the Air Force. On July 1, 1938, a command to the airbase Aibling followed. In the same year he was promoted to airport area commander Wels and on 1 April 1919 to the colonel. In 1941 he was promoted to airport area commander 5 / CVII and on August 1, 1942 major general. On August 15, 1943, he was finally transferred to the Führerreserve of the OKL and released on July 31, 1944 from military service.

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