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In [[1928]] Eduard went to [[Berlin]] to Study Mechanical and Aviation Engineering. It was here that he discovered his enthusiasm for flight and quickly became a member of the ‘Akakflieg’ [[Glider]] club in [[1929]].
In [[1932]] he passed his flying examinations in powered flight in Cottbus.
In [[1934]] he began training with on the [[Fi 5R]] aircraft, then later the same year he joined the fledgling [[Luftwaffe]], which was still under secret construction. In Schleissheim he received final
After the re-training on the BF 109D at Barth in August 1937 he was transferred to the Luftwaffe’s ‘[[Condor Legion]]’ which was to be sent to aid [[General Franco]]’s [[Fascists]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]] along with other notable personalities like [[Adolf Galland]] and [[Werner Mölders]].
After a year’s service Neumann returned to Germany at the rank of [[Oberleutnant]] with two victories and the Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords. He was appointed Gruppenkommandeure (Squadron leader) with the 4./JG-26 in Düsseldorf, remaining with the squadron until departing for [[Jagdgeschwader 27]] in early [[1940]], becoming the unit’s [[Adjitunt]].
The day after scoring his first (World War Two) victory during the opening phase of the Battle of Britain, a RAF 236 Squadron Blenheim off the coast of Cherbourg on the 20th July 1940, he was appointed Gruppenkommandeure (Group Commander) of I./JG 27 to Replace Helmut Riegel shot down by Hurricanes off the Island of Alderney.
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