(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Oskar Dinort
Born: 23 Jun 1901 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
Died: 29 May 1965 in Cologne-Riehl (Köln-Riehl)
Promotions:
Gefreiter (01 May 1919); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Mar 1921); Fähnrich (01 Oct 1921); Oberfähnrich (01 Nov 1922); Leutnant (01 Feb 1923); Oberleutnant (01 Feb 1928); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1934); Major (01 Mar 1937); Oberstleutnant (19 Jul 1940); Oberst (01 Sep 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered the Army as Offiziersanwärter in the Assault-Instruction-Regiment of the Guards-Rifle-Division (11 Feb 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Offiziersanwärter with the MG-Squadron of the 2nd Mounted-Jäger-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Offiziersanwärter in the 51st Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-31 Oct 1920)
Offiziersanwärter in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1920-17 Jan 1921)
Detached to Infantry-School in Munich (18 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1922)
In the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-30 Apr 1934)
Recruitment-Training-Officer in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-31 Aug 1925)
Detached to the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (10 Feb 1926-00 Jun 1926)
Detached to Flying-School in Magdeburg (00 Jun 1926-00 Sep 1926)
Detached to the German Commercial-Flying-School Berlin-Staaken (00 Feb 1927-00 Jun 1927)
Aerobatics-Training at the Flying-School in Würzburg (00 Jun 1927-00 Sep 1927)
Detached to the German Commercial-Flying-School in Braunschweig (00 Sep 1927-00 May 1928)
Detached to Secret Flying-Training in Lipezk, USSR (00 May 1928-30 Sep 1928)
Aerobatics-Training at the Flying-School in Würzburg (00 Mar 1930-00 May 1931)
Course at the German Commercial-Flying-School in Braunschweig (00 May 1931-1931)
Formation-Leader-Course in Berlin (00 Mar 1934-30 Apr 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of I. Group of the Fighter-Wing ‘Richthofen’ (01 May 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Inspector of Fighter and Ground Attack Fliers, RLM (01 Mar 1935-28 Feb 1936)
Commander of III. Group in Fighter-Wing ‘Horst Wessel’ (01 Mar 1936-06 Mar 1936)
Commander of I. Group of the 234th Fighter-Wing (07 Mar 1936-15 Mar 1937)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) with the Command of Pilot-Schools and Flying-Replacement-Battalion VII, Braunschweig (16 Mar 1937-31 Aug 1937)
Commander of I. Group of the 165th Stuka-Wing (01 Sep 1937-31 Jan 1939)
Commander of I. Group of the 163rd Stuka-Wing ‘Immelmann’ (01 Feb 1939-30 Apr 1939)
Commander of I. Group of the 2nd Stuka-Wing ‘Immelmann’ and Air-Base-Commandant Cottbus (01 May 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Commodore of the 2nd Stuka-Wing ‘Immelmann’ (01 Oct 1939-11 Oct 1941)
Chief Of Staff of the General-Air-Equipment-Master, RLM (12 Oct 1941-00 Feb 1942)
Front-Advisor for Bombing Tactics in the Staff of Generalfeldmarschall Milch (00 Feb 1942-31 Aug 1943)
At the same time, Commander of the Flying-Ziel-Wing (00 Aug 1942-31 Aug 1943)
Delegated with the Formation and Leadership of the Flying-Ziel-Division (01 Sep 1943-31 Aug 1944)
Commander of the 3rd Flying-School-Division (01 Sep 1944-23 Jun 1945)
In Captivity then Interned (23 Jun 1945-16 Jun 1947)
Released (16 Jun 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (63): am 20.06.1940 als Major und Kommandeur I. Gruppe / Stukageschwader 2 “Immelmann”
- Eichenlaub (21): am 14.07.1941 als Oberst und Kommodore des Stukageschwader 2 “Immelmann”
- EK I: 11.05.1940
- EK II: 20.09.1939
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Kgl. Bulgar. Tapferkeitsorden III. Klasse, I. Stufe
- Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold


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