Carl-August Schumacher

Carl-August Schumacher
Born 19 February 1896(1896-02-19)
Rheine
Died 22 May 1967(1967-05-22) (aged 71)
Bad Godesberg
Allegiance  German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
 Federal Republic of Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Rank Generalmajor
Commands held II./JG 77, JG 1, Jafü Norwegen
Battles/wars

World War I

World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work politician

Generalmajor Carl-August Schumacher was born 19 February 1896 in Rheine and died 22 May 1967 in Bad Godesberg. During World War II Schumacher served in the German Luftwaffe commanding the Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1) fighter wing. After World War II, Schumacher was an active politician and elected member of the Landtag in Lower Saxony (1951–1959).

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Military career

Schumacher initially fought in World War I as an artillerist before he transferred to the Kaiserliche Marine and participated in the Battle of Jutland as a Fähnrich. He learned to fly in 1930 and transferred to the newly emerging Luftwaffe in 1934. He took command of the I./Jagdgeschwader 336 — the later II./Jagdgeschwader 77 — on the German Bight. He founded the Geschwaderstab of Jagdgeschwader 1 in November 1939 and became its first Geschwaderkommodore on 12 November 1939. With his Geschwader he defended against the first British bombing campaigns. He claimed an aerial victory over a Vickers Wellington bomber in the aerial battles of the Heligoland Bight on 18 December 1939. He claimed his second and final victory, a Bristol Blenheim, over the North Sea on 27 December 1939. He led his Geschwader in the Battle of the Netherlands. He transferred command of the Geschwader on 5 January 1942 and became Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen. He led the training of the Rumanian air-force in 1943 and was tasked with various assignments in the Defense of the Reich.

Awards

Post-War Career

Schumacher was prisoner of War in 1945–1947. He was subsequently hired by the district President of Aurich in 1948 and was working for the Olympia-Werke AG, in the typewriter industry, starting 1951. He was elected member of the Landtag in Lower Saxony as deputy of the GB/BHE faction in 1953 and re-elected in 1955. He then joined the Deutsche Partei (DP) in 1958 and changed to the CDU faction in 1962. He lost his mandate in 1963.[1]

Annotations

  1. ^ B.Simon (1996) p. 352

References

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
  • Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 - 1945 (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-065-6.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
  • Simon, Barbara (1996), "Abgeordnete in Niedersachsen 1946-1994. Biographisches Handbuch". Released by the President of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. Hanover, Germany: Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt.
Military offices
Preceded by
none		 Commander of Jagdgeschwader 1
30 November 1939 – 5 January 1942		 Succeeded by
Major Erich von Selle
Preceded by
none		 Commander of Jagdfliegerführer Deutsche Bucht
December 1939 – 31 July 1941		 Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Werner Junck
Preceded by
unknown		 Commander of Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen
5 January 1942 – 30 April 1944		 Succeeded by
Oberstleutnant Gerhard Schöpfel