(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Walther Wadehn
Born: 01 Aug 1896 in Wilhelmshaven
Died: 13 Jul 1949 in Hannover
Promotions:
Gefreiter (09 Jan 1915); Unteroffizier (17 Mar 1915); Fähnrich (02 Sep 1915); Leutnant (20 Oct 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (31 Dec 1920); Hauptmann (09 Oct 1934); Major (01 Aug 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1941); Oberst (01 Sep 1942); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army (01 Sep 1914)
War-Volunteer in the 9th Train-Battalion (01 Sep 1914-22 Nov 1914)
With Provisions-Column 1 and 4, IX. Army-Corps (23 Nov 1914-14 Jun 1915)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 9th Train-Battalion (15 Jun 1915-09 Jul 1915)
Fahnenjunker with the 4th Provisions-Column (10 Jul 1915-16 Oct 1915)
Ordinance-Officer of Squadron Jansen (17 Oct 1915-13 Feb 1916)
With the 6th Transport-Park-Column (14 Feb 1916-17 May 1916)
With the Provisions-Column 4/IX. Army-Corps (18 May 1916-06 Jul 1916)
With the Medical-Column of the IX. Army-Corps (07 Jul 1916-01 Dec 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 6 (02 Dec 1916-16 Feb 1917)
Observer-Training with the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion and with the Officers-Radio-Operators-Instruction-Battalion Warsaw (17 Feb 1917-15 May 1917)
Training at the Artillery-Observer-School Jüterbog (16 May 1917-15 Jul 1917)
Training with the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (16 Jul 1917-08 Aug 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 1 (09 Aug 1917-30 Oct 1917)
Observer with the Flying-Battalion A 272 (31 Oct 1917-25 Sep 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 1 (26 Sep 1918-11 Nov 1918)
Demobilisation with the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Gotha (12 Nov 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Observer with Combat-Wing Sachsenberg (02 Jan 1919-00 Jul 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 9th Transport-Battalion (00 Jul 1919-00 May 1920)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 1st Transport-Battalion (00 May 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Entered Luftwaffe Service (01 Sep 1934)
Detached to the German Commercial-Flying-School Schleißheim (01 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Detached to Bomber-Flying-School Lechfeld (01 Oct 1934-30 Nov 1934)
Instructor at the Bomber-Flying-School Jüterbog (01 Dec 1934-19 Jan 1936)
Detached to Bomber-Flying-School Tutow (20 Jan 1936-31 Mar 1936)
Instructor with the Flying-Instruction-Group Jüterbog (01 Apr 1936-31 Oct 1936)
Instructor with the Flying-Instruction-Group Oldenburg (01 Nov 1936-31 Oct 1938)
Instructor at the Greater Bomber Flying School Lechfeld (01 Nov 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Squadron-Captain in Bomber-Wing 255 (01 Feb 1939-12 Sep 1939)
Commander of the III. Group in Bomber-Wing 77 (13 Sep 1939-15 Dec 1939)
Commander of Selection-Station 2 for Officer-Aspirants of the Luftwaffe (16 Dec 1939-04 Mar 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 72nd Flying-Training-Regiment (05 Mar 1942-21 Jun 1942)
Commander of the 72nd Flying-Training-Regiment (22 May 1942-24 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 10th Luftwaffe-Field-Division (25 Sep 1942-04 Nov 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL (05 Nov 1943-01 Sep 1944)
Commander of the 3rd Paratrooper-Division (01 Sep 1944-05 Jan 1945)
Delegated with the Formation of the 8th Paratrooper-Division (06 Jan 1945-14 Jan 1945)
Commander of the 8th Paratrooper-Division (15 Jan 1945-05 May 1945)
In British Captivity (05 May 1945-00 Feb 1948)
Released (00 Feb 1948)

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