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General-Ingenieur Dipl.Ing. Heinrich Sellschopp
Born: 08 Apr 1903 in Satow, Mecklenburg
Died: 08 Nov 1975 in Bonn
Diploma In Engineering: 02 Aug 1930
Promotions:
Flieger-Hauptingenieur (01 Sep 1937); Flieger-Stabsingenieur (01 Jan 1938); Flieger-Oberstabsingenieur (01 Aug 1940); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Dec 1941); General-Ingenieur (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Training and Engineering-Examination at the Trade-Academy Chemnitz (1920-1926)
Mechanical-Engineering-Studies at the Technical Colleges of Berlin and Munich (1926-1930)
Technical Managing Director of the Firm Schweriner Automobile and Agricultural Machinery Company, Schwerin (01 Oct 1930-31 Dec 1931)
Operations-Engineer with the Firm Heinkel, Aircraft Works, Warnemünde (01 Jan 1932-31 May 1933)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as Advisor (Aircraft Procurement) in RLM/LC III 1 (01 Jun 1933-31 Aug 1937)
Group-Director (Aircraft Procurement) in RLM/GL 1 (01 Sep 1937-1940)
Group-Director in the Industrial-Planning-Office, RLM (1940-1941)
Office-Group-Chief in the Industrial-Planning-Office, RLM (1941-1944)
Granted Leave - Representative for Industry Relocations with the Firm Bayerische Motorenwerke (BMW), Munich (1944-1945)
Retired (1945)
Partner of a Tire Repair Enterprise in Lengerich, Westphalia (1946-1950)
Partner of German Tyresoles-Works in Frankfurt, Main (1951-1954)
Partner small equipment company for the evaluation of a new development of electrical heating cartridges (1954-01 Jan 1956)
Entered the Bundeswehr as an Employee in the Federal-Office for Defence-Technology and Procurement, Koblenz (02 Jan 1956-30 Jan 1959)
Director in the Federal-Office for Defence-Technology and Procurement, Koblenz (31 Jan 1959-28 Feb 1967)
Retired (28 Feb 1967)

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