Bio of Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Herbert Pfeiffer

Generalmajor Herbert Pfeiffer
Born: 27 Jun 1893 in Liegnitz
Died: 18 Sep 1976 in Hannover

Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Dec 1913); Leutnant (10 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (01 May 1924); Rittmeister (01 Feb 1929); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1942)

Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker/Fähnrich in the 5th Train-Battalion (25 Mar 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred to the 19th Reserve-Medical-Company (9th Reserve-Division) (02 Aug 1914-31 Oct 1916)
Ordinance-Officer, Platoon and Company Leader in the 395th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1916-12 May 1917)
Severely Wounded, in Hospital (12 May 1917-31 Oct 1917)
With the 5th Train-Replacement-Battalion and Flying Training (01 Nov 1917-31 Jan 1918)
Pilot-Training (01 Feb 1918-30 Apr 1918)
Pilot with the 226th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 May 1918-09 Jan 1919)
Pilot with the 421st Flying-Battalion (10 Jan 1919-30 Sep 1919)
With the Border-Protection Posen-Brandenburg (01 Oct 1919-14 Jan 1920)
With the 15th Transport-Battalion (15 Jan 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Squadron-Officer in the 3rd Transport-Battalion (01 Jan 1921-31 May 1923)
Squadron-Officer in the 6th Transport-Battalion (01 Jun 1923-30 Sep 1924)
Adjutant of the 6th Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1924-30 Sep 1927)
Special-Command – Secret Flying-Training and Foreign-Commands (01 Oct 1927-31 Oct 1929)
Squadron-Chief in the 6th Transport-Battalion (01 Nov 1929-30 Sep 1932)
With Military-District-Command I, Königsberg (01 Oct 1932-30 Sep 1933)
Company-Chief at the Technical Schools Jüterbog and Adlershof (01 Oct 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Group-Leader P II, Luftwaffe-Personnel, Reichs Air Ministry (01 Oct 1934-30 Jun 1937)
Commander of I. Group of Bomber-Wing 157 ‘Boelcke’ (01 Jul 1937-30 Sep 1938)
Detached to the Reichs War Court (01 Oct 1938-30 Apr 1939)
Commander of the Acceptance-Office for Officer-Applicants, RLM (01 May 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 72nd Flying-Training-Regiment (01 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1939)
Commander of the Acceptance-Office for Officer-Applicants, RLM (01 Jan 1940-24 Jun 1941)
Special-Agent of the Office-Chief of the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM – Liaison-Officer to Army-Leadership and Formation-Leaders at the Front (25 Jun 1941-14 Dec 1941)
Inspector for Clothing and Food-Supply of the Luftwaffe, RLM (15 Dec 1941-31 Mar 1944)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command III (01 Apr 1944-31 May 1944)
Commander of Control-Command of Air-Fleet 1 (01 Jun 1944-30 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve of Air-Region-Command III then Placed to the Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division (01 Oct 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Retired (31 Dec 1944)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Militär-Sanitätskreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14230&p=2156492&hilit=pfeiffer#p2156492
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/Generalmajor/PFEIFFER_HERBERT.html

Bio of Generalmajor der Luftwaffe Rudolf Roesch

 Generalmajor Rudolf Roesch
Born: 11 May 1890 in Konradshofen
Died: 05 Sep 1952 in Munich (München)

Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Dec 1909); Fähnrich (07 Mar 1910); Leutnant (26 Oct 1911); Oberleutnant (09 Jul 1915); Hauptmann (19 Aug 1919); Major (01 Oct 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1941)

Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 10th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (19 Jul 1909-01 Aug 1914)
Pilot in the 2nd Bavarian Flying-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-05 Feb 1916)
Pilot in the 5th Bavarian Field-Flying-Battalion and with the Fokker-Training-Command IV (06 Feb 1916-11 Mar 1916)
Leader of the Single-Seated-Combat-Squadron of the 3rd Army (12 Mar 1916-28 May 1916)
Detached to the 3rd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (29 May 1916-31 Jul 1916)
Leader of Flying-School 3 (01 Aug 1916-03 Dec 1917)
With the Staff of the Commanding General of the Air Force (04 Dec 1917-08 Nov 1918)
Detached to the Bavarian Ministry for Military-Affairs (08 Nov 1918-25 May 1919)
Leader of the 124th Motor-Transport-Company and Temporary-Commander of the 24th Motor-Transport-Battalion (26 May 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Retired (30 Sep 1920)
Employed by the Army as a Civilian Administrator (Reactivated as a Territorial-Officer on 01 Oct 1933) for Flying-Affairs with Military-District-Command VII (L-Staff), Munich (01 Jul 1925-31 Mar 1934)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Aug 1940) and Advisor with the Staff of the Higher Air Office Munich (01 Apr 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Advisor with the Staff of Air-District-Command V, Munich (01 Apr 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Department-Leader Luftwaffe with Armaments-Inspection VII, Munich (01 Apr 1936-31 Oct 1938)
Administrator for Flight-Reporting-Service with Air-Region-Command V (01 Nov 1938-09 Jun 1940)
Detached to Armaments-Inspection VII, Munich (10 Jun 1940-11 Sep 1940)
Armaments-Inspector VII, Munich (12 Sep 1940-30 Apr 1945)
Retired (30 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern

 

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1894028#p1894028
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027111810fw_/http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/Generalmajor/ROESCH_RUDOLF.html