Arnold von Roon in Color

Ritterkreuzträger Arnold von Roon as a Major i.G., promoted on 1 January 1942.

Source :
https://gmic.co.uk/topic/9499-a-luftwaffe-rk-winner-database/
https://weltkrieg-online.de/?product=soldaten-heft-14

Bio of General der Flieger Curt Pflugbeil (1890-1955)

General der Flieger Curt Pflugbeil
Born: 09 May 1890 in Hütten by Königstein, Elbe
Died: 31 May 1955 in Weende, District Göttingen

Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (13 Aug 1910); Fähnrich (07 Nov 1910); Leutnant (23 Nov 1911); Oberleutnant (21 Oct 1915); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1921); umernannt zum Rittmeister (01 Oct 1926); Major (01 Nov 1931); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1934); Oberst (01 Apr 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Sep 1940); General der Flieger (01 Feb 1942)

Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 10th Royal Saxon 134th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1910-14 Dec 1915)
Pilot-Training with the 10th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (15 Dec 1915-31 Jan 1916)
Pilot with Combat-Squadron 24, Combat-Wing 4 of the Supreme Army Command (01 Feb 1916-18 Dec 1916)
Leader of Combat-Squadron 27 (19 Dec 1916-31 Dec 1916)
Pilot with Protection-Squadron 9 (01 Jan 1917-20 Jun 1917)
Leader of Combat-Squadron 23 with Combat-Wing 4 of the Supreme Army Command (21 Jun 1917-23 Apr 1918)
Shot Down, in Hospital then Granted Leave (23 Apr 1918-31 Jul 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 11 (01 Aug 1918-13 Jan 1919)
Court-Officer of the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (14 Jan 1919-11 Feb 1919)
Detached to the 134th Infantry-Regiment (12 Feb 1919-28 Feb 1919)
MG-Officer in the 1st Volunteer-Border-Regiment (01 Mar 1919-09 Apr 1919)
MG-Officer in the 4th Border-Jäger-Regiment (10 Apr 1919-04 Sep 1920)
Company-Officer in the 37th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (05 Sep 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Company-Chief in the 11th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1926)
Cavalry-Captain with the Staff of the 11th Mounted-Regiment, Detached to the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1926-31 Jul 1927)
Detached to Training-Staff of the Course for Army Technology (01 Aug 1927-31 Mar 1928)
Retired (31 Mar 1928)
Camouflaged Activity for the Formation of the secret Luftwaffe in the USSR, Sweden and Italy (01 Apr 1928-31 Mar 1931)
Reactivated to Army Service as Cavalry-Captain with the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Apr 1931-30 Sep 1931)
Commander of the 2nd Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1931-30 Jun 1933)
Retired (30 Jun 1933)
Camouflaged Activity for the Secret Luftwaffe (01 Jul 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Entered the Luftwaffe as Officer with Special Duties of the RLM, Inspection Of Schools (01 Oct 1933-30 Nov 1933)
Leader of the Forward-Command of School Lechfeld (01 Dec 1933-28 Feb 1934)
Director of the Blind and High-Altitude Centre of the German Flight Weather Service, Lechfeld (secret Bomber-Flying-School) (01 Mar 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Commander of the Greater Bomber-Flying-School Lechfeld (01 Mar 1935-31 Aug 1935)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (01 Sep 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Inspector of Bomber Flying, RLM (01 Oct 1935-06 Aug 1939)
At the same, Higher Commander of Instruction-Troops of the Luftwaffe (01 Apr 1937-30 Sep 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of the 4th Flying-Division (04 Jul 1938-06 Aug 1939)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 8 (07 Aug 1939-07 Oct 1939)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 16 (08 Oct 1939-23 Jun 1940)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region Belgium-North France (24 Jun 1940-20 Aug 1940)
Commanding General of the IV. Flying-Corps (20 Aug 1940-03 Sep 1943)
Commander-in-Chief Air-Fleet 1 (04 Sep 1943-17 Apr 1945)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Command Kurland (17 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity, Sentenced to 25 Years Hard Labour, Released Early (08 May 1945-04 Jan 1954)
Released (04 Jan 1954)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (335): am 05.10.1941 als Generalleutnant und Kommandierender General des IV. Flieger-Korps
- Eichenlaub (562): am 27.08.1944 als General der Flieger und OB. der Luftflotte 1
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 17.04.1918
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Sächs. Militär St. Heinrichs-Ordens: 27.07.1915
- EK I: 07.10.1916
- EK II: 14.09.1914
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Verdienstordens mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
- Spange zum EK I: 15.06.1940
- Spange zum EK II: 07.10.1939
- Beobachter-Abzeichen
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
- Kgl. Rumän. Orden “Michael der Tapfere” III. Klasse: 19.09.1941
- Kgl. Rumän. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Ärmelband “Kurland”
- im Wehrmachtbericht genannt: 31.10.1941; 30.05.1942; 11.04.1944; 01.01.1945

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=59504&start=90
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/General/PFLUGBEIL_CURT.html

Günther Sachs with Wehrmacht Officers

Generalmajor Günther Sachs (middle, Kommandeur 18. Flak-Division) with Heer and Luftwaffe officers. The picture was taken between 1 Desember 1944 (his promotion to Generalmajor) and 24 January 1945 (his bestowal of Ritterkreuz). Sachs is holding a wolchowstock.

Source ;
https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forum/wehrmacht-era-militaria/photos-and-paper-items-forum/12260863-looking-for-a-photo-of-the-luftwaffe-general-%C2%A0-g%C3%BCnther-sachs

Bio of General der Flieger Stefan Fröhlich

Stefan Fröhlich (7 October 1889 - 2 October 1978) was the most senior operational recipient of the
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes in 1940, and the first Austrian to receive it. He joined the Austrian Heer in 1908 and served throughout the First World War as an engineer officer, reaching the rank of Hauptmann. He remained in the Heer after the war and by 1937 had reached the rank of Major and was responsible for flight equipment. Following promotion to Oberstleutnant he was in charge of the Flight Training Regiment. After Austria’s incorporation into the German Reich, Fröhlich joined the Luftwaffe, and in February 1939, after a short attachment to III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 255 (KG 255), took command of I.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 158 (which became I./KG 76 in May 1939). After the Poland Campaign, by which time Fréhlich had been promoted to Oberst, he was given command of Kampfgeschwader 76 (KG 76), which he led until February 1941. During this time, he led his Geschwader successfully in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain and the Blitz, flying on a number of missions. For example, on 15 August 1940 (by which time he had been promoted to Generalmajor) during an attack on the airfield at Redhill, his pilot, Oberleutnant Hans Lommatsch, was wounded but managed to return to France; although Fröhlich was uninjured, Lommatsch died of his wounds on 7 September 1940. After having handed over the Geschwader to Oberst Ernst Bormann, Fröhlich became Fliegerführer Afrika for the next fourteen months. A series of senior staff appointments followed and he ended the war with the rank of General der Flieger.

Source :

"Knights of the Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Aircrew Awarded the Knight's Cross in 1940" by Chris Goss

"Uniforms of the Third Reich - A Study in Photography" by A. Hayes dan J. Maguire