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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  • 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). 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 German 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.
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