1. Military Career

2. After World War II

3. Awards and Distinctions

4. References

Friedrich Hermann Fahnert (18 January 1879 in Limbach – 10 June 1964) was a German Luftwaffe General during World War II. He was the last of three officers to be appointed to the rank of General of air force communications troops.

Military Career

Fahnert entered the imperial army as an officer cadet in the 2nd railway regiment, Berlin in 1900. He took part in the campaign against the Hereros and the Nama. He served throughout World War I and became a battalion commander. After the war he was retained in the Reichswehr and transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1936. At the outbreak of World War II he was the commander of the Air Signals Training School in Berlin. He took part in the siege of Leningrad. He then commanded the Air Signals Training Division in France and was promoted to General der Luftnachrichtentruppe on 1 April 1945.

After World War II

On 2 May 1945 Fahnert was taken into British captivity in Lübeck and then held with other senior officers at Special Camp XI near Bridgend, South Wales until 5 December 1947.^[1] He then returned to Germany and lived in Baden-Baden until his death in 1964.^[2] A Bundeswehr barracks (Kaserne) in Karlsruhe was named after him in October 1964. In Oktober 2016 it was renamed into "Kirchfeldkaserne".

Awards and Distinctions

• German Cross in Silver 7 December 1942 General Leutnant, Higher Signals Leader, Luftflotte 1
• Prussian Crown Order 4th Class with Swords
• Prussian Iron Cross 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords
• War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords
• Saxon Albert Order Knight 1st Class with Crown and Swords
• Saxon Long Service Cross
• Cross of Honour for Combatants 1914-1918
• Southwest African Expedition Medal for Combatants 1904-1906
• Armed Forces Long Service Award 1st Class (25-year Service)
• Armed Forces Long Service Award 3rd Class (12-year Service)
• Austrian Military Merit Cross 3rd Clas with War Decoration
• Germany Army Pilot's Badge World War I award
• Flyer's Commemorative Badge

References

• Badminton at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's doubles
• Badminton at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's singles
• Badminton at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's team
• Badminton at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
• Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's doubles
• Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles
• Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles
• Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team
• Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's doubles
• Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles
• Badminton at the 2014 Sukma Games
• Badminton at the 2014 Sukma Games – Men's singles
• Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
• Badminton at the 2015 European Games
• Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Men's doubles
• Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Men's singles
• Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Mixed doubles
• Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Qualification
• Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Women's doubles
• Badminton at the 2015 European Games – Women's singles
• Badminton at the 2015 Island Games
• Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's doubles
• Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's singles