General der Flieger Walter Musshoff Born: 02 Oct 1885 in Neisse, Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien) Died: 12 Dec 1971 in Mannheim Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Nov 1905); Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (17 Feb 1914); Hauptmann (18 Jun 1915); Major (15 Dec 1919); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1934); Oberst (01 Mar 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1940); General der Flieger (01 Nov 1942) Career:
Entered the Army as F�hnrich and Company-Officer in the 62nd Infantry-Regiment (03 Apr 1905-31 Jul 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1912-01 Jan 1914)
At the same time, Detached to the 25th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1913-30 Sep 1913)
Flying-Training with the 1st Flying-Battalion (01 Jan 1914-30 Mar 1914)
Pilot with the 16th Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1914-30 Apr 1916)
Transferred to the General-Staff of Army-Group Eichhorn (01 May 1916-14 Sep 1916)
Transferred to the General-Staff of the 10th Army (15 Sep 1916-09 Nov 1918)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the III. Reserve-Corps (10 Nov 1918-14 Feb 1919)
Detached to the Army General Staff (15 Feb 1919-28 Feb 1919)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Freikorps G�rlitz and Granted Leave (01 Mar 1919-30 Jun 1921)
Retired (30 Jun 1921)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as Officer with Special Duties in the RLM (15 Aug 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Chief Of Staff of Air-District-Command IV (01 Apr 1934-30 Sep 1937)
Commander of Air-Region 13, Nuremberg (01 Oct 1937-30 Sep 1938)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region XIII, Nuremberg (01 Oct 1938-31 Jan 1939)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (01 Feb 1939-31 May 1939)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region I, K�nigsberg (01 Jun 1939-12 Feb 1940)
Commander of Air-Region-Staff 100 (12 Feb 1940-31 Oct 1940)
Judge at the Reichs War Court (01 Nov 1940-30 Sep 1943)
Transferred into the RLM (01 Oct 1943-11 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity (11 Apr 1945-06 Mar 1947)
Released (06 Mar 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
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