(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Viktor Ivanovich Malcev
Born: 25 Apr 1895 in Vladimirskaya Gubernia, Russia
Died: 02 Aug 1946 in Moscow (Executed)
Promotions:
Oberst (1937); Generalmajor (Promoted by Hermann Göring) (01 Feb 1945)
Career:
Entered the Red Army as Pupil of the Military Flying School (1919-1920)
Commander of the Air Force of Military-District Siberia (1935-1937)
Chief of the Civil-Air-Fleet in Central Asia and Trans-Caucasus (1937-1938)
Victim of the Communist Party Purges (11 Nov 1938-05 Sep 1939)
Chief of the Sanatorium AEROFLOT in Yalta, Crimea (05 Sep 1939-1941)
Mayor of Yalta (1941-1943)
Director of the Formation of the Russian Auxiliary Air Force in Moritzfeld (1943-00 Sep 1943)
Leader of Flying-Group of Oberstleutnant Holters (00 Sep 1943-03 Mar 1945)
Commander of the Air Force of the Peoples Russia in Formation of the German Luftwaffe (04 Mar 1945-27 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity (27 Apr 1945-00 Aug 1945)
Transferred to Soviet Captivity (00 Aug 1945-02 Aug 1946)
Hanged for High Treason in Moscow (02 Aug 1946)

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