(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Otto Jordan
Born: 25 Nov 1897 in Rittergut Moos, District Würzburg
Died: 05 Sep 1977 in Stuttgart-Riedenberg
Promotions:
Fähnrich (13 Jan 1915); Leutnant (16 Jul 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1932); Major (01 Aug 1935); Oberstleutnant 01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Sep 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fähnrich in the 9th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (13 Jan 1915-27 Feb 1915)
Company-Officer in the 9th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (28 Feb 1915-27 Dec 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park Bucharest (28 Dec 1916-13 Feb 1917)
Detached Radio-Technician-Course (14 Feb 1917-10 Mar 1917)
Training at the Observer-School Warsaw (11 Mar 1917-30 Apr 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park Bucharest (01 May 1917-03 May 1917)
Observer with the 41st Artillery-Flying-Battalion (04 May 1917-21 Jan 1918)
Observer with the 256th Artillery-Flying-Battalion (22 Jan 1918-24 Mar 1918)
Wounded, in Hospital (24 Mar 1918-04 Apr 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park B (05 Apr 1918-04 May 1918)
Observer with the 282nd Artillery-Flying-Battalion (05 May 1918-14 Jul 1918)
Leader of Group-Photograph-Office 191 (15 Jul 1918-03 Dec 1918)
Detached to Photography-Course in Karlshorst (30 Aug 1918-22 Sep 1918)
Demobilisation with the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (04 Dec 1918-27 Dec 1918)
Adjutant of Air-Base Altenburg (28 Dec 1918-03 Feb 1919)
Observer with the 432nd Flying-Battalion, Freikorps Hülsen then with the Artillery-Flying-Squadron 103 (04 Feb 1919-24 Sep 1919)
Observer with the Artillery-Flying-Squadron 116 (25 Sep 1919-09 Jan 1920)
Detached to Air-Base Paderborn (10 Jan 1920-05 May 1920)
Detached to the 2nd Motor-Transport-Column, Paderborn (06 May 1920-18 May 1920)
Detached to Military-District-Command VI (19 May 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Battery-Officer in the 11th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Battery-Officer in the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1923)
Detached to the Artillery-School Jüterbog (30 Sep 1922-15 Aug 1923)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1923-20 Jul 1925)
Battery-Officer in the 5th Artillery-Regiment (21 Jul 1925-31 Oct 1928)
Retired (31 Oct 1928)
Secret Flying-Training in Lipezk, USSR (01 Nov 1928-30 Apr 1930)
Reactivated to Army Service as Battery-Officer in the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1930-30 Sep 1933)
Battery-Chief in the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and Course at the Reconnaissance-School in Braunschweig (01 Apr 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Squadron-Captain with Reconnaissance-Group 115, Göppingen (01 Oct 1934-31 Aug 1936)
With the Staff of Air-District-Command I (01 Sep 1936-30 Sep 1937)
With the Staff of the Commander of Flying-Schools and in Flying-Replacement-Battalion IV (01 Oct 1937-31 Oct 1937)
With the Staff of Air-District-Command IV (01 Nov 1937-31 Mar 1938)
With the Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 2 (01 Apr 1938-31 Jul 1938)
Commander of Reconnaissance-Group 23, Eschwege (01 Aug 1939-20 Sep 1939)
Course-Leader at the Reconnaissance-Flying-School 3 (21 Sep 1939-30 Sep 1940)
Commander of the Reconnaissance-Flying-School I (01 Oct 1940-14 Apr 1942)
Commander of the 14th Luftwaffe-Field-Regiment (15 Apr 1942-15 Apr 1943)
With the Staff of the XIII. Flying-Corps (16 Apr 1943-25 May 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL (26 May 1943-17 Feb 1944)
At the same time, Detached to Special-Staff Generalmajor Stahel with the Commander-in-Chief South (06 Jun 1943-15 Nov 1943)
With the General-Staff of Air-Fleet 5 (18 Feb 1944-06 Mar 1944)
Detached to Airport-Area-Command 24/III, Drontheim (07 Mar 1944-07 Apr 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 25/III, Narvik (08 Apr 1944-23 Sep 1945)
In British Captivity (23 Sep 1945-22 May 1948)
Released (22 May 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse


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