(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Rudolf Ortner-Weigand
Born: 30 Jan 1889 in Klagenfurt
Died: 16 Mar 1965 in Vienna (Wien)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Aug 1909); Leutnant (01 May 1912); Oberleutnant (01 Jan 1915); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1918); Major (Titel) (01 Jan 1921); Stabs-Hauptmann (01 Mar 1923); Major (27 Sep 1927); Oberstleutnant (22 Dec 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1939); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1941)
Career:
Entered the Austrian Army as Company-Officer in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1909-26 Jul 1914)
Platoon and Company Commander in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (26 Jul 1914-30 Sep 1914)
Adjutant of the Replacement-Battalion of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1914-01 Jul 1915)
Adjutant and Liaison-Officer in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (02 Jul 1915-31 Dec 1915)
Adjutant of the Sea-Battalion I (01 Jan 1916-12 Sep 1916)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (13 Sep 1916-23 Oct 1916)
Company-Commander in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (24 Oct 1916-31 Dec 1916)
Detached to the Flying-Officer-School Wiener-Neustadt (01 Jan 1917-05 Mar 1917)
Flying-Training with the 4th Flying-Company (06 Mar 1917-31 Jul 1917)
Training at the Pilot-School Wiener-Neustadt (01 Aug 1917-11 Oct 1917)
Commander of the 13th Flying-Company (12 Oct 1917-18 Sep 1918)
Adjutant of the Flying-Replacement-Group Wiener-Neustadt (19 Sep 1918-28 Feb 1919)
Pilot with the Air-Base Klagenfurt and Villach, Border-Protection Kärnten (01 Mar 1919-31 Oct 1919)
Interim-Commandant of the Provisional Personnel-Trials in Klagenfurt (01 Nov 1919-30 Aug 1920)
Transferred into the 11th Kärntner Alpine-Jäger-Regiment (31 Aug 1920-12 Dec 1932)
Transferred to the Civil Federal Service as Upper-Inspector in the Federal Ministry for Commerce and Traffic (13 Dec 1932-21 Dec 1936)
Reactivated to the Austrian Federal Army with the Command of the Austrian Air Force, Vienna (22 Dec 1936-30 Jun 1938)
Transferred into the German Luftwaffe (15 Mar 1938)
Commander of the 12th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Jul 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Commander of the Flying-School Celle and Air-Base-Commandant Celle (01 Feb 1939-19 Mar 1940)
Commander of the Flying-School Finsterwalde and Air-Base-Commandant Finsterwalde (20 Mar 1940-31 Aug 1942)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (31 Aug 1942-31 Jan 1943)
Retired and Placed to the Disposal of the Luftwaffe without mobilisation (01 Feb 1943-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)

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