(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Flieger Dipl.Ing. Johannes Fink
Born: 28 Mar 1895 in Pfullingen, Württemberg
Died: 01 Jun 1981 in Pfullingen, Württemberg
Diploma In Engineering: 06 Dec 1951
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (15 Aug 1914); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (15 Oct 1914); Fähnrich (30 Oct 1914); Leutnant (24 Dec 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1918); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1928); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1936); Oberst (01 Jun 1938); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1942); General der Flieger (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker in the 9th Württemberg 127th Infantry-Regiment (30 Jun 1914-10 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital, with the Replacement-Battalion Ulm (10 Sep 1914-03 Apr 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 9th Württemberg 127th Infantry-Regiment (04 Apr 1915-17 Jul 1915)
Company-Leader in the 9th Württemberg 127th Infantry-Regiment (18 Jul 1915-18 Sep 1915)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 9th Württemberg 127th Infantry-Regiment (19 Sep 1915-28 Jan 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 9th Württemberg 127th Infantry-Regiment (29 Jan 1918-07 Aug 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 25th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (08 Aug 1919-31 Dec 1920)
With the Staff of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-20 Sep 1922)
Detached to the Infantry-School Munich (21 Sep 1922-08 Aug 1923)
Platoon-Leader and Auxiliary-Officer with the Staff of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (09 Aug 1923-30 Sep 1923)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-31 Mar 1926)
At the same time, Platoon-Leader with the 5th Signals-Battalion (28 Apr 1924-20 May 1924)
Weapons Technical Special Training at the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg and Training as a Pilot (01 Apr 1926-31 Mar 1931)
Advisor for Air Technical Affairs in the Army Weapons Office, Testing 8, RWM (01 Apr 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Observer-Training at the German Commercial Flying School Braunschweig (01 Oct 1932-31 Mar 1933)
Liaison-Officer between the Army Weapons Office and the Reichs Commissioner of Aviation and Group-Leader in the Technical Office in the RLM (01 Apr 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and attending Pilot-Training at the German Commercial Flying School Braunschweig (01 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Director of Commercial Line Berlin-Munich of the German Lufthansa AG (01 Apr 1934-30 Jun 1934)
Squadron-Captain with the Hansa Flying School Faßberg (Wing Boelcke) (01 Jul 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing ‘Boelcke’ (01 Apr 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Inspector with the Inspection for Flight Security and Equipment, RLM (01 Apr 1936-31 Mar 1937)
Inspector for Flight Security and Equipment, RLM (01 Apr 1937-31 Jan 1938)
Commodore of the 2nd Bomber-Wing (01 Nov 1938-20 Oct 1940)
Inspector of Bomber and Ground Attack Flyers and General Of Bomber-Flyers with the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (21 Oct 1940-31 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 2nd Flying-Division (South France) (01 Nov 1942-10 Feb 1944)
Commanding General of German Luftwaffe in Greece (10 Feb 1944-11 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL (11 Sep 1944-30 Nov 1944)
Commanding General of the II. Flying-Corps (30 Nov 1944-03 Feb 1945)
At the same time, Temporary-Commander-in-Chief of Air-Fleet 1 (01 Feb 1945-03 Feb 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKL – Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command V, Stuttgart (03 Feb 1945-21 Apr 1945)
In British Captivity (21 Apr 1945-21 May 1948)
Released (21 May 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 20.06.1940 als Oberst und Kommodore des Kampfgeschwaders 2
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 01.10.1944 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 2. Flieger-Division
- RK des Kgl. Württembg. Militär-Verdienstorden
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II


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