(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans von Weech
Born: 07 Nov 1890 in Klosterlausnitz, Thuringia (Thüringen)
Died: 11 Jul 1957 in Berlin
Promotions:
Fähnrich (28 Nov 1909); Leutnant (24 Aug 1910); Oberleutnant (16 May 1915); Hauptmann (18 May 1918); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1934); Major (01 Jan 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Feb 1940); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army (00 Apr 1909)
Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 108th Rifle-Regiment (00 Apr 1909-30 Sep 1912)
Company-Officer in the 182nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-31 Jul 1914)
Platoon and Company Leader as well as Signals-Officer (01 Aug 1914-1919)
Retired (1919)
Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Army) (26 Feb 1934)
Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant-Course, Course D at the Artillery-School, Jüterbog (26 Feb 1934-28 Apr 1934)
Chief of the Air-Radio-Instruction-Company of the Signals Instruction and Tests Battalion, Jüterbog (29 Apr 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Entered the Army as a Supplemental-Officer (01 Jul 1934) Active-Officer (01 Jan 1935)
Chief of the 1st Company of the Air-Signals-Instruction-Battalion Jüterbog then Halle/Saale (01 Mar 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1935)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 13th Air-Signals-Regiment, Nordhausen (01 Apr 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Commander of the Air-Signals-Instruction-Battalion of the Luftwaffe-Instruction-Division, Greifswald (01 Apr 1938-31 May 1939)
Commander of Courses at the Air-Signals-School Halle/Saale (01 Jun 1939-02 Oct 1939)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command VIII (03 Oct 1939-18 Mar 1940)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command XII (19 Mar 1940-30 Apr 1940)
Signals-Leader with Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 1 (01 May 1940-30 Jun 1940)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command West France (01 Jul 1940-16 Oct 1941)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command Norway (17 Oct 1941-21 Jan 1942)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command Rostov-Don then Kharkov (22 Jan 1942-15 Mar 1943)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command Moskow (15 Mar 1943-00 Jun 1943)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command XXV, Southern Russia (00 Jun 1943-00 Aug 1944)
Signals-Leader with Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 3 (00 Aug 1944-07 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL (08 Sep 1944-15 Jan 1945)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command VIII (16 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-1949)
Released (1949)
From 1949 in the Services of the DDR

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