(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Dipl.Ing. Georg Weiner
Born: 22 Aug 1895 in Dresden
Died: 24 Jan 1957 in Göttingen
Diploma In Engineering: 21 Mar 1932
Promotions:
Gefreiter (22 Nov 1914); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (14 Jan 1915); Fähnrich (16 Apr 1915); Leutnant (25 Jun 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Hauptmann/Rittmeister (01 Feb 1930); Major (01 Apr 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1937); Oberst (01 Jun 1939); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army (22 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker, Platoon and Company Leader in the 103rd Infantry-Regiment (22 Aug 1914-01 Aug 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 244th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1915-07 Jan 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 4 (08 Jan 1916-06 Feb 1916)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 244th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (07 Feb 1916-19 Mar 1916)
Detached to the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (20 Mar 1916-27 Mar 1916)
Pilot-Training at the Military-Flying-School Halberstadt (28 Mar 1916-10 Jun 1916)
Pilot-Training with the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (11 Jun 1916-01 Sep 1916)
Pilot with Combat-Squadron 38 of Combat-Wing 7 of the Supreme Army Command (02 Sep 1916-03 Nov 1916)
Further Training with the 7th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Cologne (04 Nov 1916-20 Nov 1916)
Pilot with Fighter-Squadron 20 (21 Nov 1916-24 Jun 1917)
Wounded, in Naval-Hospital Brugges (24 Jun 1917-14 Jul 1917)
Placed to Disposal of the Inspection of Flying (15 Jul 1917-22 Jul 1917)
Detached to the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (23 Jul 1917-14 Aug 1917)
Detached to the 14th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (15 Aug 1917-16 Aug 1917)
Pilot with Single-Seated-Combat-Squadron 3 (17 Aug 1917-31 Aug 1918)
Leader of Fighter-Squadron 3 (01 Sep 1918-28 Nov 1918)
Demobilisation with the 6th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (29 Nov 1918-15 Dec 1918)
Detached to Airbase Wurzen - Delegated with the Demobilisation of Fighter-Squadron 5 (16 Dec 1918-31 May 1919)
Pilot with the Saxon Artillery-Flying-Squadron Großenhain (01 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Detached to Airbase Großenhain (01 Oct 1919-07 May 1920)
Technical Officer with the Light Motor-Vehicle-Column 4 (08 May 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Platoon-Leader with the 19th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Platoon-Leader with the 4th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Jan 1921-31 Mar 1925)
Weapon-Technology Studies at the Technical College Dresden (01 Apr 1925-31 Mar 1932)
Advisor in the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Apr 1932-31 Mar 1933)
With the Staff of the 2nd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Apr 1933-28 Feb 1934)
Squadron-Chief with the Transport-Battalion Rendsburg (01 Mar 1934-31 Oct 1934)
Squadron-Chief with the Transport-Battalion Lübeck, Location Neustrelitz, and Location-Senior Neustrelitz (01 Nov 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Apr 1935)
Battery-Chief in Flak-Battalion Lübeck, Location Neustrelitz (01 Apr 1935-14 Mar 1936)
Director of Military Tests with the Test-Site of the Luftwaffe, Rechlin (15 Mar 1936-30 Nov 1936)
With the Staff of Fighter-Group I/137, Bernburg (01 Dec 1936-28 Feb 1937)
Commander of Fighter-Group I/137 (01 Mar 1937-31 May 1939)
Commander of the 71st Flying-Training-Regiment (01 Jun 1939-27 May 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant Jessau/Insterburg (27 May 1940-1941)
Air-Region-Column-Leader Holland (1941-1942)
Air-Region-Column-Leader Italy and North Africa (1942-30 Jun 1943)
Director of Travel-Staff with the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (01 Jul 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL (01 Apr 1944-30 Jun 1944)
General with Special Duties with Air-Region-Command VI (01 Jul 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (05 Oct 1945-26 Sep 1949)
Released (26 Sep 1949)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Verdienst-Orden mit Schwertern
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Kgl. Preuss. Flieger Erinnerungs-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Ärmelband “Afrika”


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