General der Flieger Egon Doerstling Born: 28 Jan 1890 in Chemnitz Died: 09 Nov 1965 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (24 Feb 1910); F�hnrich (11 Jul 1910); Leutnant (22 Mar 1911); Oberleutnant (15 Jul 1915); Hauptmann (20 Sep 1918); Major (01 Apr 1931); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1934); Oberst (01 Apr 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1940); General der Flieger (01 Jun 1942) Career:
Entered the Army as Company-Officer in the 12th King�s-Saxon Infantry-Regiment 177 (24 Feb 1910-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to War School in Danzig (01 May 1910-00 Mar 1911)
Officer with the Staff of the II. Battalion, Company-Leader and Officer with the Regiment-Staff in the 177th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-00 Apr 1916)
Observer and Pilot Training in Hannover and Gro�enheim (00 Apr 1916-1916)
Pilot in the 4th Combat-Wing and the 1st Combat-Wing of the OHL (1916-00 Jan 1917)
Squadron-Leader in the 5th Combat-Wing of the OHL (00 Jan 1917-1919)
Leader of the 1st Border-Flying-Battalion, Bautzen (1919-00 Mar 1919)
Company-Leader in the 24th Infantry-Regiment (00 Mar 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Chief in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1924)
Officer with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-30 Sep 1926)
Company-Chief in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-30 Sep 1927)
Flying-Advisor with the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1927-30 Sep 1932)
Detached to Reinhard-Course with the Staff of Group-Command 1, Berlin, and Studies at the University Of Berlin (01 Oct 1932-30 Jun 1933)
Department-Chief in the Air-Protection-Office, RWM (01 Jul 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Entered the Luftwaffe as Air-Base-Commandant Schlei�heim (01 Oct 1933-31 Dec 1934)
Department-Chief LA II in the RLM (01 Jan 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Chief of the 2nd Department in the Luftwaffe General Staff (01 Apr 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Commodore of the 253rd Bomber-Wing �General Wever� (01 Oct 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Chief of the Supply-Office, renamed Chief Of Supply Affairs of the Luftwaffe, RLM (01 Jul 1938-06 Aug 1943)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region Holland (07 Aug 1943-01 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (01 Jan 1944-28 Feb 1944)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region XVIII, Vienna (28 Feb 1944-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-22 Dec 1947)
Released (22 Dec 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. S�chs. Milit�r St. Heinrichs-Orden: 01.05.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Verdienstordens mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Bulgar. Tapferkeitsorden IV. Klasse, II. Stufe
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Beobachter-Abzeichen
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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