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In October 1941 he was injured, [2] and was forced to relinquish this appointment and revert to the rank of colonel on full pay. [ 12 ] Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Lieutenant General William Morgan pose with Brigadier Ronald Senior and the staff of the 151st Infantry Brigade , 29 May 1944.
In late July 1942, after 71 aerial victories victories claimed, Schentke was transferred to Ergänzungsgruppe Süd (Supplementary Fighter Group South) as an instructor, promoted to Leutnant (second lieutenant) and awarded the German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) on 24 September.
By 1944 the war-time Wehrmachtbeamte of the higher service were placed in pay grade A2c2; of the elevated service, in pay grade A4c2; of the middle career in pay grade A8a; and of the lower career in pay grade A10b. War-time engineers and navigators were placed in pay grades JL5 or JL8 depending on position filled. [41]
This table contains the final ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS, which were in use from April 1942 to May 1945, in comparison to the Wehrmacht. [1] The highest ranks of the combined SS ( German : Gesamt-SS ) was that of Reichsführer-SS and Oberster Führer der SS ; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent to these positions.
During this training period he was promoted to Feldwebel (staff sergeant) on 1 July and to Leutnant (second lieutenant) on 1 January 1941. [3] On 1 February 1941, Ehrler was posted to 4. Staffel (4th Squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77–77th Fighter Wing), later redesignated to 4. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5–5th Fighter Wing), based ...
Dole joined the United States Army's Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942 to fight in World War II, becoming a second lieutenant in the Army's 10th Mountain Division. In April 1945, while engaged in combat near Castel d'Aiano in the Apennine mountains southwest of Bologna , Italy, Dole was seriously wounded by a German shell that struck his upper ...
Sparks served in the Army Reserve from 1939 to 1940, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry in January 1940. [5] He was called to active duty in February 1941 and assigned to the 45th Infantry Division. [6] Sparks took part in the Italian campaign, Southern France campaign, and Central European campaign. [6]
Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" (JG 26—26th Fighter Wing) was created on 1 May 1939 in Düsseldorf by renaming Jagdgeschwader 132 (JG 132—132nd Fighter Wing) and was commanded by Oberst Eduard Ritter von Schleich, a flying ace of World War I. [4] Mietusch, who was promoted to Leutnant (second lieutenant) in 1939, [2] was among the first ...