(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Philipp Hinkelbein
Born: 10 Aug 1875 in Langenselbold, District Hanau
Died: 25 Mar 1957 in Ludwigsburg
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (06 Jul 1897); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (10 Oct 1897); Fähnrich (14 Dec 1897); Leutnant (08 Oct 1898); Oberleutnant (04 Aug 1909); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (18 Dec 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1927); Charakter als Oberst (31 Jan 1929); Oberst a.D. (01 Oct 1930); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the Württemberg 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1897-30 Sep 1899)
Battery-Officer in the 4th Württembergi 65th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1899-30 Apr 1905)
Detached to Instruction-Courses at the Field-Artillery-Firing-School (10 Feb 1901-31 May 1901)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 4th Württemberg 65th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1905-31 Oct 1910)
Battery-Officer in the 4th Württemberg 65th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1910-30 Sep 1913)
Detached to the Technical Institute (01 Oct 1911-30 Nov 1911)
Detached to the Gun-Factory Erfurt (24 Jun 1912-06 Jul 1912)
Detached to Instruction-Course at the Field-Artillery-Firing-School (16 Feb 1913-31 May 1913)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the 4th Württemberg 65th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Battery-Chief in the 29th Württemberg Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-14 May 1916)
Staff-Officer Flak with the Staff of the 3rd Army (15 May 1916-09 Jul 1916)
Staff-Officer Flak with the Staff of the 2nd Army (10 Jul 1916-19 Jul 1916)
Commander of Flak of the 1st Army (20 Jul 1916-10 Sep 1917)
Commander of Flak of the 14th then 17th Armies (11 Sep 1917-17 Dec 1918)
Battery-Chief in the 65th Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Dec 1918-19 Jan 1919)
Commander of the Flak-Battalion Ulm (20 Jan 1919-04 Jul 1919)
With the Staff of the 13th Flak-Battalion (05 Jul 1919-14 Oct 1919)
Battery-Chief in the 13th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Major with the Staff of Artillery-Leader V (01 Oct 1920-31 Mar 1921)
With the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Adjutant of Artillery-Leader V (01 Oct 1922-31 Jan 1925)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1925-31 Jan 1927)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader V (01 Feb 1927-31 Jan 1929)
Retired (31 Jan 1929)
Employed (reactivated as a Territorial-Officer on 01 Oct 1930) In Welfare-Service of the Reichswehr (16 Jul 1929-30 Nov 1934)
Retired (30 Nov 1934)
Leader of the State-Group Württemberg-Hohenzollern of the Reichs Air Protection Federation (01 Dec 1934-31 Dec 1936)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer with the Staff of Air-Region-Command 15, Munich (01 Oct 1937-31 Mar 1938)
With the Staff of Air-Region-Command VII, Munich (01 Apr 1938-31 Oct 1941)
Detached to the Staff of the War-Officers-New-Generation-School with Air-Fleet-Command 3 (15 Apr 1941-30 Sep 1941)
Detached to Air-Region-Command West France (05 Oct 1941-20 Oct 1941)
Retired (20 Oct 1941)

Decorations & Awards:
Württembergischen Militärverdienst-Orden (27 May 1916)


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