(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Ministerialdirigent Hans Eduard von Heemskerck
Born: 28 Aug 1880 in Geestemünde
Died: 28 Aug 1942 in Berlin (Killed in an Air Raid)
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (20 Mar 1899); Fähnrich (16 Nov 1899); Leutnant (18 Aug 1900); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1910); Hauptmann (22 Apr 1914); Charakter als Major (09 Apr 1920); Ministerialdirigent (01 Aug 1937)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Fähnrich and Company-Officer in the 80th Fusilier-Regiment (20 Mar 1899-24 Jul 1904)
Educator at the Cadet-House Potsdam (25 Jul 1904-31 Mar 1907)
Educator at the Cadet-House Berlin-Groß-Lichterfelde (01 Apr 1907-18 Sep 1907)
Governor of Princes Heinrich XXXVIII. and Heinrich XLII. Reuss j.L. (19 Sep 1907-31 Mar 1909)
Company-Officer in the 4th Foot-Guards-Regiment and Flying-Training (01 Apr 1909-21 Apr 1914)
Hauptmann with the Regiments-Staff of the 4th Foot-Guards-Regiment (22 Apr 1914-31 Jul 1914)
Officer with Special Duties with the 11th Flying-Battalion (01 Aug 1914-1915)
Leader of the 42nd Flying-Battalion (1915-00 Dec 1915)
Leader of the 5th Flying-Battalion (00 Dec 1915-00 Jan 1916)
Leader of the 300th Field-Flying-Battalion 'Pascha' (00 Jan 1916-00 Oct 1916)
Squadron-Leader in the Homeland (00 Oct 1916-00 Jan 1917)
General-Staff-Training (00 Jan 1917-00 Jul 1917)
Commander Of Flying of Army-Group F (Palestine) (00 Jul 1917-00 Mar 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 3rd Landwehr-Division (00 Mar 1918-1919)
Retired (1919)
Entered Luftwaffe Service and Detached to the RLM (01 Mar 1936-30 Apr 1936)
Department-Chief in the Raw Material and Import Staff, at the same time in the Office for German Raw and Made Materials, RLM (01 May 1936-28 Aug 1942)
Killed in an Air Raid in Berlin (28 Aug 1942)

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