Generalmajor Otto Deindl Born: 23 Nov 1890 in Hundldorf, Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern) Died: 14 Jun 1947 in American Captivity Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (08 Apr 1911); F�hnrich (24 Jun 1911); Leutnant (28 Oct 1912); Oberleutnant (16 Mar 1916); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1919); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Apr 1920); Polizei-Major (01 Aug 1934); Major (01 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1935); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1910)
One Year Volunteer in the 16th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-08 Apr 1911)
Transferred as Fahnenjunker into the 23rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (08 Apr 1911-02 Feb 1914)
Detached to the Bavarian Air and Motor Transport Battalion for Training as a Pilot (02 Feb 1914-06 Nov 1914)
Transferred to the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schlei�heim and Officers-Flight-Instructor at the Flying-Schools 2 and 4 (22 Jun 1916-19 Jan 1917)
Pilot with Flight-Park B (19 Jan 1917-12 Apr 1917)
Pilot in the 26th Fighter-Squadron (12 Apr 1917-01 May 1917)
Pilot and Temporary Squadron Leader in the 35th Fighter-Squadron (01 May 1917-10 Sep 1917)
Leader of the 1st Fighter-Squadron (10 Sep 1917-20 Nov 1917)
Leader of the 77th Fighter-Squadron (20 Nov 1917-29 Jan 1918)
Transferred to the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Schlei�heim and Detached as Advisor to the Bavarian Assigned Staff Officer with the Inspection of Flying-Troops in Berlin (29 Jan 1918-26 Feb 1918)
Technical Advisor with the Commander of Flying of the 6th Army and Officers Fighter Instructor with the Mobile Fighter School Nivelles (26 Feb 1918-01 Jun 1918)
Leader of Flying-School 3, F�rth (01 Jun 1918-06 Nov 1918)
Leader of Flying-School 1, Schlei�heim (06 Nov 1918-19 Nov 1918)
Detached to Construction Instructions with the Bavarian Aircraft Works, Munich (19 Nov 1918-05 Jan 1919)
Company-Leader in the 1st Motor-Transport-Replacement-Battalion (05 Jan 1919-02 May 1919)
Motor-Transport-Officer with the 21st Motor-Transport-Company (02 May 1919-26 Jun 1919)
Transferred to the Staff of the 21st Brigade-Motor-Transport-Battalion (26 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred to Police Service (01 Oct 1919)
With the Bavarian State-Police and Advisor for Motorised Transport Affairs with the Inspection of the Bavarian State Police (01 Oct 1919-01 Jan 1926)
Technical Officer with the Motor-Vehicle-Workshops in Munich (01 Jan 1926-01 Jun 1928)
Leader of the Motorised-Alarm of the State-Police Munich (01 Jun 1928-01 Mar 1931)
Leader of the Motorised-Battalion of the State-Police Munich (01 Mar 1931-01 Mar 1935)
Transferred back to Army Service (01 Mar 1935)
Assigned to the Motor-Transport-Battalion Straubing (01 Mar 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 7th Antitank-Battalion (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the 27th Antitank-Battalion (06 Oct 1936-15 Feb 1938)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Group-Command 4 (15 Feb 1938-10 Oct 1939)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Army High Command 6 (10 Oct 1939-05 Nov 1939)
Antitank-Officer with the General-Staff of the XXV. Army-Corps (05 Nov 1939-01 Oct 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH � at the same time Detached to the Reichs War Court (01 Oct 1940-20 Aug 1941)
Commander of the 83rd Rifle-Replacement-Regiment (and from 07 Sep 1941 again attached to the Reichs War Court (20 Aug 1941-10 Jan 1941)
Commandant of Rear Army Area 556 (10 Jan 1942-18 Oct 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (18 Oct 1942-01 Feb 1943)
Commandant of Rear Army Area 590 (01 Feb 1943-07 Mar 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (07 Mar 1943-21 Apr 1943)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Bitsch, Alsace (21 Apr 1943-15 Aug 1944)
Wehrmacht-Commandant Posen (15 Aug 1944-01 Oct 1944)
Fortress-Commandant Posen (01 Oct 1944-05 Jan 1945)
Detached to Military-District-Command II for Briefing as Wehrmacht-Commandant Stettin (05 Jan 1945-02 Feb 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve � Military-District-Command IV (02 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-14 Jun 1947)
Died in Captivity (14 Jun 1947)
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