Background
Robert Krauß was born on 20 March 1894 in Bayreuth, Bavaria, in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Robert Krauß was born on 20 March 1894 in Bayreuth, Bavaria, in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
He was the air-base-commandant of Halberstadt from 1935 to 1936 and Kolberg from 1938 to 1939. As World War I broke out, Krauß entered the Army as a war volunteer with the Replacement Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 August 1914 – 20 October 1914). By the time World World War II began, he was a Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel).
Krauß went on to serve as a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World World War World War II He was an officer with special duties of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief Luftwaffe (1 November 1939 – 28 February 1940) and group-leader in the Regulations-Department, RLM (1 March 1940 – 30 September 1940).
From 1 October 1940 to 30 April 1941, he was the commander of the Greater Bomber Flying School 3 in Warsaw and air-base-commandant Warsaw. He was released from captivity in June 1947 and died in Lindau, Germany on 20 February 1953.