Starke, Friedrich.

Starke, Friedrich, born 05-05-1889, In Halle, Saale, a few weeks after Adolf Hitler (did you know), entered the Army with the 2^nd Railway Regiment and Pilot Training,  age 19, on 17-03-1909. Until January 1918 he was a pilot with the 21^st Field Flying Battalion, leader of the Flying School in Posen, and Officer with Special Duties with the 275^th Artillery Flying Battalion, now a Hauptmann. Till the end of the war Technical Officer with Bomber Wing 4 of the Supreme Army Command. Remained in the new Reichswehr as a Major and Staff Officer of Motor Transport Troops with the Military District Command III/3^rd Division under Oberst, later Generaloberst, Curt Haase

, he retired from the Service on 31-03-1933. Curt Haase on 09-02-1943, died at the age of 61 from advanced heart disease in Berlin-Grunewald. Starke joined the new Luftwaffe Service as a Oberstleutnant on 01-06-1935 as a Supplement Officer and Motor Transport Adviser with the Air Equipment Master, RLM to 31-05-1936, Motor Transport Equipment Inspector of the Luftwaffe until 23-06-1943, meanwhile an Oberst. at the same timer, Commander of Motor Transport Technical Schools of the Luftwaffe in Rudolstadt, now a Generalmajor. Inspector of Motor Vehicles with the Staff of Supply Inspectorate with the Chief of Supply Affairs of the Luftwaffe  to 15-09-1943, age 54. He then was placed to the disposal of the Flying Replacement Battalion III and finally not useful anymore, retired on 30-04-1944, age 55.

Death and burial ground of Starke, Friedrich.

Living in Berlin Zehlendorf, Friedrich Starke not a battlefield General died at the age of 73, on 02-12-1962 and is buried with his wife Magarete, who died age 87, on 30-01-1982, on the Waldfriedhof of Berlin Zehlendorf. The Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Commander 265^th Infantry Division Werner Junck  and Generaloberst der Flieger, the most decorated Generals of the former Luftwaffe, commander Luftflote 1, Air Fleet I , Alfred “Iron Keller” Keller

  are buried close by. Also buried there are Hildegard Knef and Willy Brandt.