(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Ullrich Diesing
Born: 12 Mar 1911 in Trebschen, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 17 Apr 1945 by Boizenburg (Fatal Accident)
Promotions:
Polizei-Unterwachtmeister (01 Jul 1933); Polizei-Wachtmeister (15 Oct 1933); Polizei-Oberwachtmeister (01 Jan 1934); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Dec 1934); Leutnant (01 Feb 1935); Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Hauptmann (01 Jun 1939); Major (01 Apr 1942); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1943); Oberst (01 Mar 1944); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1944)
Career:
Flight-Student at the German Commercial-Flying-School (01 Apr 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Entered Police Service with the Mecklenburg State-Police (03 Oct 1932-31 Jan 1935)
Police-Officer-Course at the Police-School in Eiche (15 Jan 1934-21 Sep 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and at Training at the Flying-School in Cottbus (01 Feb 1935-30 Jun 1935)
Pilot with Flight-Command Berlin and also Bomber-Wing 152 (01 Jul 1935-14 Jan 1937)
Pilot in Instruction-Wing Greifswald (15 Jan 1937-20 Apr 1938)
Detached to the RLM (20 Apr 1938-30 Apr 1938)
Advisor in the RLM (01 May 1938-25 Aug 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Luftwaffe-Operations-Staff in the RLM (26 Aug 1939-01 Apr 1940)
In the General-Staff of the General-Quartermaster of the Luftwaffe/RLM (02 Apr 1940-14 Sep 1941)
Commander of I. Group of Bomber-Wing 210 also in Destroyer-Wing 1 (15 Sep 1941-02 Mar 1942)
Commodore of Destroyer-Wing 1 (03 Mar 1942-21 Sep 1942)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Luftwaffe-Operations-Staff in the RLM (22 Sep 1942-28 Feb 1944)
Chief of the Planning-Office C L/A in the RLM (01 Mar 1944-31 Jul 1944)
Chief of Technical Luftwaffe-Armaments, RLM (01 Aug 1944-17 Apr 1945)
Killed in a Fatal Accident (17 Apr 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 06.09.1942 als Major und Kommodore des Zertörergeschwader 1
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse
- Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Spanienkreuz
- 1939 EK II
- 1939 EK I
- Frontflugspange


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