Generalleutnant Wilhelm Haenschke Born: 13 Dec 1891 in Berlin Died: 23 Feb 1960 in Bonn Promotions:
F�hnrich (08 May 1914); Leutnant (07 Sep 1914); Oberleutnant (20 Jun 1918); Polizei-Oberleutnant (21 Jul 1919); Polizei-Hauptmann (13 Jul 1921); Polizei-Major (01 Apr 1931); Major (01 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1937); Oberst (01 Mar 1939); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 1st Telegraph-Battalion (01 Sep 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to Staging-Telephone-Depot 4 (02 Aug 1914-15 Sep 1914)
Telephone-Officer with the 24th Reserve-Telephone-Battalion (16 Sep 1914-10 Oct 1916)
At the same time, Light-Signal and Arend-Officer with Group 304 (20 May 1916-30 Sep 1916)
Acting-Leader of the 54th Telephone-Double-Platoon (11 Oct 1916-13 Nov 1916)
With the 1st Radio-Operator-Battalion then Detached to Radio-Operator-School (14 Nov 1916-06 Jan 1917)
Leader of the heavy Radio-Station 18 (07 Jan 1917-03 Jun 1917)
Leader of the Heavy Radio-Station 38, Saxon Group-Radio-Station 544 (04 Jun 1917-18 Oct 1917)
Adjutant of the Army-Signals-Commander 23 (19 Oct 1917-25 Feb 1918)
Detached for use as Adjutant of the 7th Signals-Battalion (26 Feb 1918-17 Mar 1918)
Adjutant of the 7th Signals-Battalion (18 Mar 1918-24 May 1918)
To the Disposal of Signals-General 1 (24 May 1918-13 Jun 1918)
Acting-Commander of Group-Telephone-Battalion G (14 Jun 1918-08 Jul 1918)
Divisions-Signals-Commander of the 54th Infantry-Division (09 Jul 1918-18 Nov 1918)
With the 9th Signals-Battalion (18 Nov 1919-19 Feb 1919)
With the Corps-Signals-Park of the Guards-Corps (20 Feb 1919-31 May 1919)
With the Reichswehr-Signals-Park 15 (01 Jun 1919-20 Jul 1919)
Transferred to Police Service as Signals-Officer with the Protection-Police-Group Centre, Berlin (21 Jul 1919-25 May 1920)
Leader of the Signals-Department and Signals-Advisor of Police-Group Centre, Berlin (26 May 1920-28 Feb 1929)
Leader of the Signals-Department and Signals-Advisor of Police-Group West, Berlin (01 Mar 1929-31 Mar 1929)
Leader of the Signals-Department and Signals-Advisor of Police-Group South, Berlin (01 Apr 1929-31 Mar 1931)
Major with the Staff of the Signals-Technical-Office, Berlin (01 Apr 1931-31 Dec 1931)
Leader of the Signals-Department of Police-Group South, Berlin (01 Jan 1932-31 May 1932)
Acting-Leader of the Security-Inspection Spandau (01 Jun 1932-30 Sep 1932)
Leader of the Signals-Department and Signals-Advisor of Police-Group South, Berlin (01 Oct 1932-30 Jun 1933)
Adjutant of the State-Police-Inspection Berlin (01 Jul 1933-04 Dec 1933)
Advisor in the Reichs Ministry of the Interior and at the same time, Commander of Air-Protection and Air-Police School (Reichs Institute for Air Protection), Berlin (05 Dec 1933-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Signals-Officer (I/NVW) with Air-District-Command II (01 Oct 1935-31 Aug 1936)
Commander of Air-Signals-Replacement-Battalion II/13, Nordhausen (01 Sep 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Commander of the Air-Signals-Battalion I/14, M�nster and G�tersloh (01 Oct 1937-13 Mar 1938)
Signals-Officer with the Commanding General Of Luftwaffe in Austria and Commander of the 18th Air-Signals-Battalion (13 Mar 1938-30 Jul 1938)
Signals-Leader with Luftwaffe-Command Austria and Commander of the 4th Air-Signals-Battalion (31 Jul 1938-17 Mar 1939)
Signals-Officer with Luftwaffe-Command 4, At the same time Commander of the 4th Air-Signals-Battalion (18 Mar 1939-31 Aug 1939)
Higher Signals Leader with Luftwaffe-Command 4 (01 Sep 1939-18 Sep 1940)
Higher Signals Leader with Luftwaffe-Command 3 (19 Sep 1940-31 Mar 1942)
Higher Signals Leader with Luftwaffe-Command 5 (01 Apr 1942-31 Jul 1942)
Higher Signals Leader with Luftwaffe-Command 3 (01 Aug 1942-21 Sep 1944)
Delegated with the Dissolution of Luftwaffe-Command 3 and Stay in Cure-Hospital Baden near Vienna (22 Sep 1944-29 Dec 1944)
General of Signals-Training in RLM, At the same time Higher Signals Leader with Luftwaffe-Command 10 then with Commander of the Replacement-Luftwaffe (30 Dec 1944-28 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity (28 Apr 1945-01 Jun 1946)
Released (01 Jun 1946)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 01.10.1944 als Generalleutnant und H�herer Nachrichtenf�hrer beim Luftwaffen-Kommando 3
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
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