(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Job-Heinrich von Dewall
Born: 13 Jul 1880 in Salzwedel
Died: 00 Sep 1945 went missing in Neu-Rohlau near Karlsbad; Pronounced Dead by the Registry Office of Dresden under Number 1138/1951 with effect from 31 Dec 1945
Promotions:
Fähnrich (09 Feb 1900); Leutnant (18 Jan 1901); Oberleutnant (17 Sep 1909); Charakter als Hauptmann (27 Jan 1913); Hauptmann (20 May 1913); Major (30 Nov 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1935); Oberst (01 Jan 1936); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker in the 114th Infantry-Regiment (09 Feb 1900-02 Jul 1911)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 114th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1904-30 Sep 1906)
At the same time, Detached To the War Academy (01 Oct 1906-30 Jun 1909)
At the same time, Detached to the Grand General Staff (20 Mar 1910-02 Jul 1911)
At the same time, Detached to the 14th Pioneer-Battalion (00 May 1911-00 Jun 1911)
Pilot-Training in Döberitz (03 Jul 1911-30 Nov 1911)
Pilot with the Flying Troop (30 Nov 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Leader of the Flying-Squadron Metz (01 Apr 1912-30 Sep 1912)
Leader of Flying-Station Darmstadt (01 Oct 1912-01 Aug 1914)
At the same time, Company-Chief in the 3rd Flying-Battalion (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Leader of the Field-Flying-Battalion 6 (AOK 4) (02 Aug 1914-16 Apr 1915)
Leader of the Messenger-Pigeon-Battalion O, Flying-Corps of the Supreme Army Command (17 Apr 1915-12 Jul 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (12 Jul 1915-20 Oct 1915)
With the Staff of the Field-Flight-Chiefs in the Grand Headquarters (21 Oct 1915-09 Dec 1915)
Commander of the 3rd Bomber-Wing (10 Dec 1915-10 Apr 1916)
Commander of the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (15 Apr 1916-14 Aug 1916)
Commander of the 2nd Bomber-Wing (16 Aug 1916-24 Mar 1917)
In French Captivity (24 Mar 1917-13 Mar 1920)
With the POW-Office of the Air-Base Döberitz (02 May 1920-05 May 1920)
Personnel-Officer in the Staff of Military-District-Command V (06 May 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Chief in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-26 Aug 1921)
Retired (26 Aug 1921)
Reactivated to the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Supplemental-Officer from 01 Oct 1934; Active-Officer from 15 Dec 1938) and a Course at the Reichs School for Aviation (01 Jun 1934-14 Jun 1934)
Director of the Air-Office Magdeburg (15 Jun 1934-14 Jul 1935)
Director of the Air-Office Dresden (15 Jul 1938-25 Aug 1939)
At the same time, Commander of the 13th Flying-Supplemental-Battalion (15 Sep 1938-30 Oct 1938)
Commander of the 31st Flying-Supplemental-Battalion (26 Aug 1939-03 Oct 1939)
Airport-Area-Commandant Radom (04 Oct 1939-05 Feb 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant 7/IV, Liegnitz (06 Feb 1940-30 Nov 1942)
Retired and Placed to the Disposal of the Luftwaffe (30 Nov 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command III (01 Dec 1942-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)
Free Co-worker of the War Scientific Department of the Luftwaffe General Staff, Berlin then Karlsbad (01 Dec 1942-25 May 1945)
In Czech captivity (25 May 1945-00 Sep 1945)
Went Missing (00 Sep 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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