(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Fritz Heising
Born: 07 Aug 1888 in Nieheim, District Höxter
Died: 27 Jul 1963 in Cologne (Köln)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (20 Feb 1909); Leutnant (19 Nov 1909); Oberleutnant (18 Sep 1915); Hauptmann (18 Oct 1918); Major (15 Apr 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1938); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (28 May 1908-30 Sep 1912)
Aircraft-Observer with Flying-Station Metz (01 Oct 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Pilot-Training at the Flying-School Gotha (01 Apr 1913-14 Oct 1913)
Pilot-Training with the 3rd Flying-Battalion, Cologne (15 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the 6th Field-Flying-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-07 Sep 1914)
Pilot with the 10th Field-Flying-Battalion (08 Sep 1914-06 Feb 1916)
Leader of Battle-Squadron 23 (07 Feb 1916-16 Nov 1916)
Leader of Fighter-Squadron 20 (17 Nov 1916-31 Oct 1917)
Leader of the Flying-School Hamburg (01 Nov 1917-31 Dec 1917)
Leader of the Flying-School Altenburg (01 Jan 1918-10 Aug 1918)
Leader of the Flying-School Gohn, Potsdam (11 Aug 1918-11 Oct 1918)
With Army-Flight-Park 17 (12 Oct 1918-17 Jan 1919)
Leader of Border-Protection-Bomber-Squadron East (18 Jan 1919-27 Mar 1919)
Battalion-Leader with Freikorps Stettin (28 Mar 1919-17 Sep 1919)
Battalion-Leader with Freikorps Hacketau (18 Sep 1919-31 May 1920)
Company-Leader in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Retired (30 Sep 1920)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer (Fully Activated on 01 Apr 1941) Supply-Officer in the Staff of Air-District-Command IV (15 Apr 1935-30 Jun 1937)
Supply-Officer in the Staff of Air-District-Command VI (01 Jul 1937-00 May 1938)
Detached to Reconnaissance-Group Kassel (00 May 1938-00 Aug 1938)
Detached to Bomber-Group Diepholz (00 Aug 1938-25 Sep 1938)
Leader of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 6 (26 Sep 1938-31 Oct 1939)
Quartermaster of Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 10 (01 Nov 1939-31 Aug 1940)
Quartermaster of the I. Flying-Corps (01 Sep 1940-31 Mar 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant 10/III (01 Apr 1942-15 Jan 1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant 3/XII (16 Jan 1943-31 Mar 1943)
Commander of Supply-Command Nisch (01 Apr 1943-31 Jul 1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant Albania (01 Aug 1943-07 Sep 1943)
Airport-Area-Commandant 10/VII (08 Sep 1943-09 Jan 1945)
In Hospital Blankensee, Air-Region XI, Hamburg (10 Jan 1945-31 Mar 1945)
Retired (31 Mar 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-11 Nov 1947)
Released (11 Nov 1947)

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