Date of Birth: April 19, 1922
Date of Death: September 20, 1993
Interred: Weil im Schönbuch near Stuttgart
Father's name: Alfred Erich Hartmann
Father's birth date: October 1, 1894
Father's place of birth: Ehingen/Württemberg
Mother's maiden name: Elisabeth Wilhelmine Machtholf
Mother's birth date: February 16, 1897
Mother's place of birth: Ehingen/Württemberg
Date of father's and mother's marriage: September 2, 1920
Place: Stuttgart/Württemberg
Date of Erich's marriage to Ursula Paetsch: September 10, 1944
Place of marriage: Bad Wiessee
Chronological formal education:
April 1928 - April 1932: Grade school in Weil im Shönbuch
April 1932 - April 1936: High School Gymnasium in Böblingen
April 1936 - April 1937: NPEA Gymnasium in Rottweil
April 1937 - April 1940: Gynasium at Korntal
Education major: Would have studied medicine but war intervened.
First station and date of reporting: 10th Flying Regiment, Neukuhren,
East Prussia (near Koenigsberg), October 1, 1940
Chronological list of stations:
October 1, 1940: 10th Flying Regiment, Neukuhren
March 1, 1941: Air War School, LKS2, Berlin-Gatow
November 1 1941: Pre-fighter School 2, Lachen-Speyerdorf
March 1, 1942: Fighter School 2, Zerbst-Anhalt
August 20, 1942: Fighter Supply Group, East Gleiwitz/Oberschleissen
October 10, 1942: 7/III/JG52, Eastern Front
September 2, 1943: C.O. 9 Sqdn. II/JG52, Eastern Front
October 1, 1944: C.O. 6 Sqdn. II/JG52, Eastern Front
November 1, 1944: C.O. I Gruppe/JG52, Eastern Front
March 1, 1945: transition to Me-262 jets at Lechfeld
March 25, 1945: C.O. I Gruppe/JG52
Date commissioned as an officer: March 1, 1942
Place commissioned: Fighter School 2, Zerbst
Chronological list of dates of promotion:
Oberleutnant: July 1, 1944
Hauptmann: September 1, 1944
Major: May 8, 1945
Oberstleutnant: December 12, 1960
Oberst: July 26, 1967
Date awarded Knight's Cross: October 29, 1943
Date awarded Knight's Cross, and Oak Leaves: March 2, 1944
Date awarded Knight's Cross, Oak Leaves, and Swords: July 4, 1944
Date awarded Knight's Cross, Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds: July
25, 1944
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