(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Walter Lackner
Born: 05 Feb 1891 in Insterburg
Died: 25 Sep 1976 in Berlin
Promotions:
Leutnant (01 Mar 1910); Oberleutnant (18 Dec 1915); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1922); Major (01 Feb 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1938); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Company-Officer in the 1st Grenadier-Regiment ‘Kronprinz’ (01 Jun 1910-31 Dec 1913)
Detached to the Military Gymnasium (01 Jan 1914-31 Mar 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 1st Grenadier-Regiment ‘Kronprinz’ (01 Apr 1914-20 Aug 1914)
Wounded, in Fortress-Hospital Königsberg, East Prussia (20 Aug 1914-17 Nov 1914)
Transferred into the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 1st Grenadier-Regiment (18 Nov 1914-28 Mar 1915)
Observer-Training in Adlershof (29 Mar 1915-12 Apr 1915)
Observer with the 11th Field-Flying-Battalion (13 Apr 1915-31 Jul 1916)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander Of Flying with Army High Command Mackensen (01 Aug 1916-30 Sep 1916)
Detached to the Inspection of Flying Troops (01 Oct 1916-31 Mar 1917)
Transferred to the Staff of Flying-Group-Commander 6 (01 Apr 1917-13 Aug 1917)
Transferred to the Staff of Commander Of Flying 7 (14 Aug 1917-03 Dec 1917)
Temporary-Leader of Protection-Squadron 20 (04 Dec 1917-30 Jan 1918)
Leader of Battle-Squadron 7 (31 Jan 1918-20 Mar 1918)
Leader of Battle-Squadron-Group Lackner (21 Mar 1918-09 Aug 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander Of Flying 9 (10 Aug 1918-01 Sep 1918)
Detached to the Inspection Of Flying Troops (02 Sep 1918-25 Sep 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander Of Flying Heim 7 (26 Sep 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 1st Grenadier-Regiment (01 Apr 1919-02 Jun 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 1st Infantry-Regiment (03 Jun 1919-09 Oct 1919)
Ordinance-Officer in the 1st Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (10 Oct 1919-03 Jun 1920)
Regiments-Adjutant in the 1st Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (04 Jun 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Regiments-Adjutant in the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 May 1922)
Retired (31 May 1922)
Honorary Agent of Flying-Regulations for the Reichs Defence Ministry (01 Jun 1922-31 Oct 1925)
At the same time, Pilot-Training at the Flying-School Königsberg, Prussia (20 May 1925-06 Jul 1925)
Employee of the Army (Territorial-Officer from 01 Oct 1933 and Active-Officer from 01 Jan 1934) as Agent of Flying-Regulations in the Reichs Defence Ministry (01 Nov 1925-16 Jul 1933)
Group-Leader LA I, 3 in the Operations-Department, RLM (17 Jul 1933-31 Dec 1933)
Transferred to the Staff of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1934-31 Jan 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Officer with Special Duties in the RLM (01 Feb 1934-31 Mar 1934)
Course-Leader and Temporary-Commander of the Flying-School Hildesheim (01 Apr 1934-31 Aug 1935)
Detached to the Flying-Schools Lechfeld and Schleißheim and Bomber-Group Giebelstadt (01 Sep 1935-31 Jan 1937)
Advisor in the 3rd Department, Luftwaffe General Staff (01 Feb 1937-31 Aug 1937)
Commander of II. Group in Bomber-Wing 254, Eschwege, Gießen (01 Sep 1937-30 Nov 1938)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 54 (01 Dec 1938-19 Apr 1940)
Shot down over Arras and in French Captivity (19 Apr 1940-23 Apr 1940)
Released by German Troops, in Hospital (23 Apr 1940-29 Jul 1940)
Leader of Luftwaffe-Control-Commission IV, Bordeaux (30 Jul 1940-31 Jan 1941)
Commander of Higher-Flying-Training-Command 77 (01 Feb 1941-31 Dec 1942)
Commander of the 10th Flying-Division (01 Jan 1943-15 May 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL (15 May 1943-15 Jun 1943)
Staff-Officer with the XI. Flying-Corps/Paratrooper-Corps (15 Jun 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Deputy-Commander of the Parachute-Army (01 Apr 1944-14 Nov 1944)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of the 6th Paratrooper-Division (00 Jun 1944-30 Jun 1944)
Commander of the 2nd Paratrooper-Division (15 Nov 1944-30 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity (30 Apr 1945-20 Jun 1947)
Released (20 Jun 1947)

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