(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Bernhard Henke
Born: 29 May 1878 in Berlin
Died: 09 Mar 1957 in Stuttgart
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (13 Mar 1897); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1897); Leutnant (18 Aug 1898); Oberleutnant (20 Jul 1907); Rittmeister (22 Mar 1913); Charakter als Major (22 Nov 1919); Major (05 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Oct 1939); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army as Squadron-Officer in the 25th Dragoon-Regiment (13 Mar 1897-01 Oct 1906)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 25th Dragoon-Regiment (02 Oct 1906-21 Apr 1912)
Adjutant of the 27th Cavalry-Brigade (22 Apr 1912-02 Aug 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Command of the XIII. Army-Corps (03 Aug 1914-14 Feb 1915)
Adjutant with the General-Command of the XIII. Army-Corps (15 Feb 1915-11 Dec 1916)
Adjutant of the 26th Territorial-Division (04 Jan 1917-27 Jun 1917)
At the same time, Leader of the III. Battalion of the 124th Territorial-Infantry-Regiment (10 May 1917-01 Jun 1917)
Adjutant with the General-Command of the XIII. Army-Corps (28 Jun 1917-03 Oct 1917)
Squadron-Leader in the 26th Dragoon-Regiment (04 Oct 1917-02 Apr 1918)
Leader of the 16th Assault-Battalion (03 Apr 1918-22 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Replacement General-Command of the XXX. Army-Corps (23 Nov 1918-09 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the 25th Dragoon-Regiment (10 Dec 1918-07 Jun 1919)
Retired (07 Jun 1919)
Activity with Air-Protection, lastly with Military-District-Command V (22 Nov 1919-31 Jul 1933)
In the Württemberg Interior Ministry (01 Aug 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Reactivated to Army Service as a Territorial-Officer with Military-District-Command V (01 Apr 1934-04 Mar 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer and Administrator with Military-Replacement-Inspection Stuttgart (05 Mar 1935-28 Feb 1936)
Adjutant of Air-District-Command V (01 Mar 1936-30 Jun 1938)
With Military-District-Command II, Stuttgart (01 Jul 1938-16 Nov 1938)
With Investigation-Staff Schwarzwald (17 Nov 1938-28 Feb 1939)
With Development-Staff II, Stuttgart (01 Mar 1939-12 Sep 1939)
With Investigation-Staff II of Air-Defence-Zone Bremen (13 Sep 1939-21 Nov 1939)
Leader of Development-Staff, Hannover (22 Nov 1939-30 Apr 1940)
Commander of the Luftwaffe-Construction-Regiment 5/XIII (01 May 1940-04 Jun 1940)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Construction-Regiment 2/VII (05 Jun 1940-03 Jun 1941)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Construction-Troop in Air-Region West France (04 Jun 1941-31 Dec 1943)
Retired (31 Dec 1943)

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