World War II 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).

[5] In early January 1916, Schumacher transferred to the Imperial German Navy where he was promoted to Fähnrich zur See (Ensign) in mid July 1917.

[7] In September 1918, Schumacher was posted to the seaplane tender SMH Answald where he briefly served as an observation officer before transferring to the Groß-Flugzeugstaffel-Ostsee (Greater Aircraft Squadron Baltic Sea).

Until late April 1934, he served with the staff of the Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (German Air Transport School) in Berlin where he was promoted to Hauptmann (captain) on 1 October 1933.

[7] On 29 September 1937, Schumacher was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of I. Gruppe of JG 136, succeeding Major Hermann Edert.

During the first month of the war the Royal Air Force (RAF) mostly focused its bomber attacks on anti-shipping operations on the German Bight.

Two aircraft aborted the mission due to mechanical defects, but the remaining 22 pursued the attack and were spotted by a Freya radar on the East Frisian Islands.

Because of that, and/or his lack of direct involvement in the Battle of Britain, he kept his role as a Geschwaderkommodore and was not dismissed by Hermann Göring in his purge of the senior fighter commanders a month later.

On 8 April 1941, Schumacher crash landed his Messerschmitt Bf 109 E at the airfield Rom located approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) south of Lemvig in Denmark.

On 30 January 1945, Schumacher was appointed chief of the National Socialist leadership staff in the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe within the Ministry of Aviation.

He was elected member of the Landtag in Lower Saxony as deputy of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE) faction in 1953 and re-elected in 1955.