(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Flieger Edmund Wachenfeld
Born: 24 Nov 1878 in Mülhausen, Alsace (Elsaß)
Died: 04 Dec 1958 in Gräfelfing
Promotions:
Fähnrich (27 Jan 1897); Sekondeleutnant/Leutnant (18 Oct 1897); Oberleutnant (18 Feb 1908); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1912); Major (18 Dec 1916); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1922); Oberst (01 Feb 1926); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1929); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1932); Charakter als General der Artillerie (30 Nov 1932); General der Flieger (01 Oct 1935); umernannt zum General der Artillerie (01 Apr 1940)
Career:
Entered the Army (01 Jul 1896)
Fahnenjunker and Fähnrich in the 10th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1896-17 Oct 1897)
Company-Officer in the 13th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Oct 1897-30 Sep 1899)
Detached to the Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1899-30 Sep 1901)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 13th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1901-30 Sep 1906)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1909)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 13th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1909-21 Mar 1910)
In the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1910-30 Sep 1913)
Training as an Aircraft-Observer (1912-1912)
In the Genral-Staff of the V. Army-Corps (01 Oct 1913-26 Jan 1915)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 9th Infantry-Division (27 Jan 1915-30 Sep 1916)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 221st Infantry-Division (01 Oct 1916-31 Dec 1917)
In the General-Staff of Commander-in-Chief East (01 Jan 1918-30 Sep 1919)
With the Army-Peace-Commission (01 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Group-Commmand 1 (01 Oct 1920-30 Jun 1923)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1923-31 Jan 1925)
In the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Feb 1925-14 Nov 1927)
Commander of the 1st Artillery-Regiment (15 Nov 1927-30 Sep 1929)
Artillery-Leader I (01 Oct 1929-30 Sep 1930)
Chief Of Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Oct 1930-30 Nov 1932)
Retired (30 Nov 1932)
Entered Luftwaffe Service (01 Apr 1934)
President of the Higher Air Office Königsberg (01 Apr 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Commander in Air-District I, Königsberg (01 Mar 1935-31 Mar 1935)
Commander in Air-District III, Dresden (01 Apr 1935-31 May 1937)
Special Purpose General Of Luftwaffe with OKH (01 Jun 1937-04 Feb 1938)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (04 Feb 1938-31 Mar 1938)
Retired (31 Mar 1938)
Placed to Disposal of the Army (01 Jan 1939)
To Disposal of the Army (01 Jan 1939-25 Aug 1939)
Commanding General of the Replacemrnt VII. Army-Corps and Commander in Military-District VII (26 Aug 1939-28 Feb 1943)
Retired (28 Feb 1943)

Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 30.04.1943 als General der Artillerie und Kommandierender General des stellv. VII. Armee-Korps und Befehlshaber im Wehrkreis VII. (München)
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Roter Adler-Orden IV. Klasse
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Lübeckisches Hanseatenkreuz
- k.u.k. Österr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Kommandeurkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. Militär-Verdienstordens
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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