(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk
Born: 25 Aug 1893 in Siegerdorf
Died: 30 Jan 1946 im Lager Ketschendorf by Frankfurt, Oder
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1912); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1917); Charakter als Hauptmann (31 Mar 1920); Major (01 Jul 1934); Obestleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1919); Charakter als Generalmajor (27 Aug 1939); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Company-Officer and Platoon-Leader in the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (22 Mar 1912-23 Oct 1914)
Company-Leader and Ordinance-Officer in the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (24 Oct 1914-19 Dec 1915)
Aircraft-Observer-Training with the 7th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (20 Dec 1915-29 Feb 1916)
Observer with the 32nd Squadron of the 8th Flying-Battalion (01 Mar 1916-06 Apr 1917)
Pilot-Training with the 7th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (07 Apr 1917-23 Jun 1917)
Pilot of the 21st Fighter-Squadron (24 Jun 1917-21 Oct 1917)
Leader of the 21st Fighter-Squadron (22 Oct 1917-30 Aug 1918)
Commander of the 2nd Fighter-Wing (31 Aug 1918-27 Dec 1918)
Leader of the 418th Volunteer-Flying-Battalion in Border-Protection East (28 Dec 1918-17 Sep 1919)
Leader of the 202nd Fighter-Wing (18 Sep 1919-29 Sep 1919)
With the Processing-Office of the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (30 Sep 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Retired from Army Service (31 Mar 1920)
Leader of War Group Bunzlau of the German Front-Line Soldiers Union ‘Stahlhelm’ (01 Jul 1924-30 Jun 1931)
Managing Director of the German Front-Line Soldiers Union ‘Stahlhelm’ (01 Jul 1931-30 Nov 1933)
Director of the Registration-Office in Liegnitz of the Voluntary Working Service (01 Dec 1933-30 Jun 1934)
Accepted into the Luftwaffe as Commander of German Transport-Flying-School in Cottbus (01 Jul 1934-21 Sep 1934)
Officer with Special Duties at the Fighter-School in Schleißheim (22 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Staff-Officer with Special Duties at the Fighter-School in Schleißheim (01 Oct 1934-31 Oct 1935)
Detached to the Flying-School in Perleberg (01 Nov 1935-28 Feb 1936)
Commander of the Flying-School Perleberg and the same time, Air-Base-Commandant Perleberg (01 Mar 1936-31 Oct 1939)
Commander of the Flying-School in Sprottau (01 Nov 1939-29 Dec 1939)
Airport-Area-Commandant 1/VIII, Breslau (30 Dec 1939-30 Nov 1942)
Retired from Luftwaffe Service (30 Nov 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command VIII then III (01 Dec 1942-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)
In Soviet captivity (13 Nov 1945-30 Jan 1946)
Died in Soviet captivity, at Camp Ketschendorf in Frankfurt on the Oder (30 Jan 1946)

Decorations & Awards:
- Pour le mérite: am 25.10.1918 als Oberleutnant und Kommandeur des Jagdgeschwader 2
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 14.08.1918
- 1914 EK I : 29.10.1916
- 1914 EK II : 23.09.1914
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Herzogl. Sachsen-Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwertern: 16.11.1914
- Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen: 24.05.1916
- Ehrenbecher dem Sieger im Luftkampfe: 19.08.1917
- Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen: 19.08.1917
- Ritterkreuz II. des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern: 23.03.1918
- Schlesischer Adler-Orden II. Stufe
- Schlesischer Adler-Orden I. Stufe
- Ehrenritter des Johanniter-Ordens
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Rechtsritter des Johanniter-Ordens
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse


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