General der Flieger Wilhelm Wimmer Born: 09 Sep 1889 in Vilsbiburg, Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern) Died: 15 May 1973 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Dec 1909); F�hnrich (04 May 1910); Leutnant (26 Oct 1911); Oberleutnant (09 Jul 1915); Hauptmann (21 Sep 1918); Major (01 Oct 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1933); Oberst (01 Oct 1934); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1936); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1938); General der Flieger (01 Oct 1939) Career:
Entered the Army (23 Sep 1909)
Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 16th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (23 Sep 1909-31 Jan 1914)
Detached to War School Munich (30 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1911)
Pilot-Training with the Bavarian Flying-Battalion Schlei�heim (01 Feb 1914-01 Aug 1918)
Officer with Special Duties with Staging-Flight-Park 6 (02 Aug 1914-02 Oct 1914)
Pilot with the 4th Bavarian Field-Flying-Battalion (03 Oct 1914-20 Apr 1916)
Detached to the 51st Prussian Field-Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1915-31 Aug 1915)
Adjutant of the Flying-Staff-Officer with the Staff of Army High Command Strantz (21 Apr 1916-13 Sep 1916)
With the Bavarian Inspection of Air Forces (14 Jun 1916-05 Nov 1918)
Leader of the 294th Bavarian Flying-Battalion (06 Nov 1918-17 Dec 1918)
Flying-Advisor with the Staff of the General Command of the I. Army-Corps (18 Dec 1918-22 May 1919)
Flying-Advisor in the Bavarian Ministry for Military Affairs (23 May 1919-22 Oct 1919)
Platoon-Leader and Temporary Company-Leader in the 1st Bavarian Rifle-Regiment (23 Oct 1919-14 Nov 1919)
Temporary Company-Leader in the 41st Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1919-04 Jan 1920)
Detached to Firing School W�nsdorf (05 Jan 1920-05 Feb 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 41st Infantry-Regiment (06 Feb 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Retired (30 Sep 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Jan 1921)
With the Staff of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-04 Mar 1921)
Company-Chief in the 7th Motor-Transport-Battalion (05 Mar 1921-31 Dec 1923)
With the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Jan 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Company-Chief in the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-30 Sep 1926)
Advisor in the RWM (01 Oct 1926-30 Apr 1930)
Advisor in the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 May 1930-31 Mar 1933)
Department-Director in the RWM (01 Apr 1933-31 Aug 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Sep 1933)
Department-Director in the RLM (01 Sep 1933-30 Sep 1935)
Chief of the Technical Office, RLM (01 Oct 1935-31 May 1936)
Higher Flying Leader III (01 Jun 1936-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of the Processing-Station of Air-District-Command III (01 Apr 1938-20 Jun 1938)
Commander of the 2nd Flying-Division (01 Jul 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Commanding General of Luftwaffe-Command East Prussia (01 Feb 1939-10 May 1940)
Acting Chief of Air-Fleet 1 (11 May 1940-19 Aug 1940)
Commanding General and Commander of Field-Air-Region-Command Belgium-North France (20 Aug 1940-06 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (06 Sep 1944-00 Nov 1944)
Detached to the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of Paratroops (00 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 20.03.1944 als General der Flieger und Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber des Feld-Luftgau-Kommandos Belgien-Nordfrankreich
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubil�ums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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