Major General Carl-August von Schoenebeck (1898–1989) began his career in the Baden Leib-Grenadier Regiment in 1915.
He became air attaché to Bulgaria in 1939, and held this position until after his promotion to major general in 1943.
Carl-August von Schoenebeck was born in Bernstadt, Silesia, German Empire on 19 January 1898.
He transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte in 1916 and underwent pilot's training with Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 3 in Gotha.
On 27 July 1917, he shot down Sopwith Triplane number N5492, which had been used to score 23 victories (most by Raymond Collishaw), and killing Flight Sub-Lieutenant G. Roach of No.
It would not be until 3 September that he tallied another victory, when he shot down another Triplane at Hollebeke, Belgium.
Schoenebeck won several awards for his exploits, including both classes of the Iron Cross, the Knight's Cross with Swords of the House Order of Hohenzollern, and the Order of the Zahringer Lion.
424 of the Freikorps, fighting the Russians in the Baltic area; he was wounded in action at Mitau during 1919.