Carl-Alfred Schumacher was a German military officer and politician.
16 Facts About Carl-Alfred Schumacher
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher was born on 19 February 1896 in Rheine at the time in the Province of Westphalia within the German Empire.
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In early January 1916, Carl-Alfred Schumacher transferred to the Imperial German Navy where he was promoted to Fahnrich zur See in mid July 1917.
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Until October 1917, Schumacher then received air observer and radio communication training with the I Seeflieger-Abteilung.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher was promoted to Leutnant zur See on 17 March 1918.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher joined the Nazi Party on 1 November 1930 with a membership number 345,013.
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That day, Carl-Alfred Schumacher claimed his first aerial victory over a Vickers Wellington bomber, one of the 12 shot down during the aerial battles of the Heligoland Bight.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher claimed his second aerial victory, a Bristol Blenheim bomber, over the North Sea north of Langeoog at 14:02 on 27 December 1939.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher led his Geschwader in the Battle of the Netherlands, although his unit did not follow the armies in the invasion of France or the Battle of Britain, instead being kept back on the coast.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher retained his position as Jagdfliegerfuhrer Norwegen, a role in which he coordinate a number of scattered units, this time across Norway, facing both the Soviet Arctic Front, the North Sea and Arctic Ocean.
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On 1 May 1943, Carl-Alfred Schumacher was sent to Romania where he became head of the Luftwaffe mission to oversee the training of the Romanian Air Force.
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On 30 January 1945, Carl-Alfred Schumacher was appointed chief of the National Socialist leadership staff in the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe within the Ministry of Aviation.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher held this position until the end of World War II in Europe.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher was hired by the district President of Aurich in 1948 and was working for the Olympia-Werke AG, in the typewriter industry, starting 1951.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher then joined the Deutsche Partei in 1958 and changed to the Christian Democratic Union faction in 1962.
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Carl-Alfred Schumacher lost his mandate in 1963 and died in 1967.