(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Gustav Sieß
Born: 11 Dec 1883 in Hamburg
Died: 14 Oct 1970 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (11 Apr 1903); Leutnant zur See (29 Sep 1905); Oberleutnant zur See (30 Mar 1908); Kapitänleutnant (12 Apr 1913); Charakter als Korvettenkapitän (22 Feb 1920); Major (01 Dec 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1939); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Basic-Training and Seekadett on Board the School-Ship ‘Moltke’ (01 Apr 1902-31 Mar 1903)
Training at the Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1903-30 Sep 1904)
Departed to East Asia (25 Oct 1904-26 Nov 1904)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (27 Nov 1904-12 Oct 1906)
Company-Officer in the I. Torpedo-Division (13 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 99’ (16 Oct 1906-15 Dec 1906)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 99’ (15 Mar 1907-14 Sep 1907)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 133’ (02 Nov 1907-30 Nov 1907)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 133’ (10 Apr 1908-06 Jun 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 133’ (25 Aug 1908-14 Sep 1908)
Company-Officer in the Mine-Battalion (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘S 27’ (28 Oct 1908-27 Nov 1908)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘S 27’ (01 Apr 1909-29 May 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘S 27’ (01 Jul 1909-08 Aug 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘S 27’ (23 Aug 1909-06 Sep 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘S 25’ (07 Sep 1909-06 Oct 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘S 25’ (01 Nov 1909-02 Dec 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘S 38’ (18 Apr 1910-16 Jun 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘S 38’ (22 Aug 1910-10 Sep 1910)
Adjutant of the Inspection of Coastal-Artillery and Mine Affairs (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Company-Officer with the II. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1912-31 Jul 1914)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 3’ (01 Nov 1912-23 Dec 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 3’ (03 Jan 1913-06 Feb 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 3’ (03 Mar 1913-04 May 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 3’ (03 Nov 1913-29 Nov 1913)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 3’ (01 Aug 1914-27 Aug 1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 1’ (28 Aug 1914-00 Mar 1915)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (00 Mar 1915-00 Jun 1915)
On Board ‘U 41’ for Information (00 Jun 1915-00 Aug 1915)
Commandant of ‘U 73’ (00 Aug 1915-01 Apr 1917)
Commandant of ‘U 33’ (01 Apr 1917-30 Nov 1918)
Placed to Disposal (01 Dec 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Chief of the 9th Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla then of the 4th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Flotilla (01 Apr 1919-27 Aug 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (28 Aug 1919-11 Nov 1919)
Retired (11 Nov 1919)
Entered the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Nov 1940) and Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (01 Aug 1935-30 Nov 1935)
Temporary-Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 1 (01 Dec 1935-17 Jan 1938)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 1 (18 Jan 1938-18 Jun 1939)
At the same time, Quartermaster of Air-Region-Command I, Königsberg (26 Jul 1938-18 Jun 1939)
Detached to the RLM (19 Jun 1939-14 Jul 1939)
Chief of the 3rd Department in the Supply-Office of the General-Quartermaster, RLM (LE 3) (15 Jul 1939-22 Feb 1943)
Temporary-Commander of Air-Equipment-Group ‘Moscow’ and Temporarily Commander in Air-Region Moscow (22 Feb 1943-15 Jul 1943)
Chief of the 3rd Department in the Supply-Office of the General-Quartermaster, Luftwaffe General Staff (16 Jul 1943-23 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL – taken ill and in Hospital (23 Sep 1943-30 Apr 1944)
Retired (30 Apr 1944)
In Soviet Captivity (15 Jun 1945-08 Oct 1955)
Released (08 Oct 1955)

Decorations & Awards:
Pour le mérite (24 Apr 1918)
Ritterkreuz des königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern (27 Feb 1917)


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