(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Max Hesse
Born: 08 Oct 1884 in Saarlouis
Died: 15 Jan 1974 in Detmold
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (02 Mar 1903); Fähnrich (20 Nov 1903); Leutnant (27 Jan 1904); Oberleutnant (22 Jun 1911); Hauptmann (08 Oct 1914); Charakter als Major (00 Feb 1920); Major (15 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1938); Oberst (01 Oct 1938); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker, Lieutenant and Battery-Officer in the Mounted Battalion of the 8th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Mar 1903-30 Sep 1908)
Adjutant of the Mounted Battalion of the 8th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1910)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1910-00 Jul 1913)
Battery-Officer in the 8th Field-Artillery-Regiment (00 Jul 1913-21 Mar 1914)
Detached to the Great General Staff (22 Mar 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in Staff of the 6th Bavarian Territorial-Division; Supply-Officer in the General-Staff of the XV. Army-Corps; In the Operations-Department of the Supreme Army Command; Chief Of Operations (Ia) of the 6th Reserve-Division; Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Special-Purpose-General-Command 68; Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Special-Purpose-General-Command 67 (01 Aug 1914-1919)
Retired (1919)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as Quartermaster in the Staff of Air-District-Command III, Dresden (15 Mar 1936-03 Feb 1938)
Quartermaster in the Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2 (04 Feb 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Senior-Quartermaster in the Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2 (01 Jul 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Senior-Quartermaster with Air-Fleet-Command 2 (01 Feb 1939-28 Feb 1939)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 36th Flak-Regiment (01 Mar 1939-07 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 136th Flak-Regiment (08 Oct 1939-1940)
Commander of Flak-Brigade III (1940-06 Jul 1940)
Commander of Flak-Brigade VII (06 Jul 1940-05 May 1941)
Commander of Air-Defence-Command 7 (05 May 1941-00 May 1941)
In Remand, Condemned, on November 1941 by the Reichs War Court to 3 Months Imprisonment for Dereliction of Duty, held in Fortress-Detention for the duration, Führer-Reserve (00 May 1941-30 Apr 1942)
Released and Retired. Civilian Activity as a Special-Agent with the Reichs Commissioner for Sea Aviation, Hamburg (01 May 1943-30 Sep 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Luftwaffe as Special-Agent for the Industrial Air Protection with the Staff of Air-Region-Command XI, Hamburg (01 Oct 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Flak-Deployment-Leader with the 2nd Fighter-Division (01 Apr 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-21 Dec 1946)
Released (21 Dec 1946)

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