Carl-Alfred Schumacher

Carl-Alfred Schumacher
Born(1896-02-19)19 February 1896
Rheine
Died22 May 1967(1967-05-22) (aged 71)
Bad Godesberg
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
 Federal Republic of Germany
Service/branch Imperial German Army
 Imperial German Navy
Luftwaffe
Years of service1914–1919
1933–1945
RankGeneralmajor (brigadier general)
Service numberNSDAP 345,013
CommandsII./JG 77, JG 1, Jafü Norwegen
Battles/warsWorld War I

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other workpolitician

Carl-Alfred (August) Schumacher[Note 1] (19 February 1896 – 22 May 1967) was a German military officer and politician. 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 member of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE), German Party (DP) and Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). From 1952 to 1963, he was an elected member of the Landtag in Lower Saxony.

  1. ^ Forsyth 2017, p. 8.
  2. ^ Page 2020, p. 12.
  3. ^ Heaton et al. 2011, p. 183.


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