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General Der Flieger a. D. Karl Drum
GENERAL DER FLIEGER A. D. KARL DRUM (31 July 1893 - 2 April 1968) entered military service with the German Army in 1913, and in 1916 he was assigned to the Air Force where he served first as an obs...view moreGENERAL DER FLIEGER A. D. KARL DRUM (31 July 1893 - 2 April 1968) entered military service with the German Army in 1913, and in 1916 he was assigned to the Air Force where he served first as an observer and later as leader of an aerial mapping group.
Between the two World Wars, General Drum received General Staff training and held a number of technical and special advisory positions, the last of which was that of Chief of the Inspectorate for Air Reconnaissance Forces and Operations with the German Air Ministry.
At the beginning of World War II, General Drum was Chief of Staff to the Luftwaffe General with Commander-in-Chief, Army. During 1941-42 he was Chief, Air Support Command, Army Group South (Russia). After this assignment and until the end of the war, General Drum held a series of Luftwaffe administrative positions in Holland, Greece, Belgium and Northern France, and, finally, in Western France where he was Commanding General and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe Administrative Command, Western France.
He passed away in Meersburg, Germany in 1968.view less