General der Flieger Wilhelm Mayer Born: 07 Oct 1886 in Urach, W�rttemberg Died: 17 Jul 1950 in Egglkofen, Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (08 Oct 1905); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (18 Dec 1905); F�hnrich (25 Feb 1906); Leutnant (17 Nov 1906); Oberleutnant (20 May 1914); Hauptmann (18 Jun 1915); Major (01 Feb 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1932); Oberst (01 Oct 1934); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1937); Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1939); General der Flieger (01 Feb 1941) Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 123rd Grenadier-Regiment (24 Jul 1905-31 Jul 1914)
Detached to the War School in Danzig (17 Jan 1906-13 Oct 1906)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1913-31 Jul 1914)
Detached to the 1st Flying-Battalion (01 Jul 1914-31 Jul 1914)
Platoon and Company Leader in the 123rd Grenadier-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-27 Mar 1915)
General-Staff-Officer in the General-Staff of Army-Group Von Strantz (28 Mar 1915-04 May 1915)
General-Staff-Officer with Army High Command 3 (05 May 1915-28 Apr 1917)
General-Staff-Officer with the 20th Territorial-Division (29 Apr 1917-0 Dec 1917)
General-Staff-Officer in the General-Staff of Army-Group Linsingen (07 Dec 1917-07 Feb 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with Special-Purpose-General-Command 56 (08 Feb 1918-02 Mar 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with the General-Staff of Army-Group Eichhorn (03 Mar 1918-05 Apr 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with the General-Command of the I. Reserve-Corps (06 Apr 1918-17 Apr 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with Army High Command of the 17th Army (18 Apr 1918-11 Jun 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with the General-Command of the VII. Reserve-Corps (12 Jun 1918-17 Dec 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of the 123rd Grenadier-Regiment (18 Dec 1918-22 Mar 1919)
Transferred to the 2nd W�rttemberg Volunteer-Regiment (22 Mar 1919-16 Apr 1919)
Transferred to the 1st W�rttemberg Volunteer-Regiment (17 Apr 1919-31 Jul 1919)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Leader 13 (01 Aug 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Company-Chief in the 26th Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Chief in the 25th Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Transferred to the Staff of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Company-Chief in the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-04 Mar 1924)
Detached to Group-Command 1 (05 Mar 1924-31 Mar 1924)
Advisor in the 2nd Department, RWM (01 Apr 1924-30 Sep 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of Artillery-Leader V (01 Oct 1927-30 Sep 1930)
Instructor at the Cavalry School, Hannover (Officer-Candidate-Courses) (01 Oct 1930-30 Sep 1933)
Chief Of Staff of Military-District-Command Elbing (01 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Chief of the 1st Department, RLM (01 Apr 1935-28 Feb 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Luftwaffe-Operations-Staff, RLM (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of Flying-Schools and of the 7th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Mar 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region IV, Dresden (01 Jul 1938-24 Oct 1941)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region South-East/Air-Region-Staff Greece (25 Oct 1941-15 Jun 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (15 Jun 1943-31 May 1944)
Retired (31 May 1944)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. W�rttembg. Milit�r-Verdienstordens
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange �Prager Burg�
- Spange zum EK II
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