Generalstabsintendant Dr. Wolfgang Höfeld Born: 20 Jan 1889 in Stettin Died: 23 Dec 1965 in Munich (München) Doctorate in Jurisprudence: 1918 Promotions:
Unteroffizier der Reserve (01 Aug 1908); Vizefeldwebel der Reserve (19 Apr 1910); Referendar (03 Feb 1912); Leutnant der Reserve der Marine-Infanterie (19 Oct 1912); Oberleutnant der Reserve der Marine-Infanterie (23 May 1918); Assessor (11 Nov 1919); Regierungsrat (01 Apr 1922); Oberregierungsrat (20 Mar 1933); Ministerialrat (23 Oct 1933); Ministerialdirigent (20 Apr 1936); Luftkreis-Intendant (01 May 1937); General-Intendant (18 Jan 1940); Generalstabs-Intendant (11 Dec 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy as a One Year Volunteer with the III. Sea-Battalion, Kiautschou (02 Oct 1907-02 Oct 1908)
Discharged to the Reserve (02 Oct 1908)
Law-Studies at the Universities of Tübingen and Berlin (00 Oct 1908-1911)
1st Legal State Examination (03 Feb 1912)
Called Up from Reserve as a Company-Officer and Company-Leader in the 2nd Naval-Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-30 Apr 1916)
Company-Leader with the Coastal-Battalion (01 May 1916-09 Jul 1916)
Flying-Training with the Sea-Flying-Station Zeebrügge (10 Jul 1916-05 Nov 1916)
Flier and Observer Training with the III. Sea-Flying-Battalion (06 Nov 1916-22 Jul 1917)
Company and then Battalion Leader in the 2nd Naval-Infantry-Regiment (23 Jul 1917-20 Jan 1919)
Retired (20 Jan 1919)
With Freikorps 'Lichtschlag' (Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment 109) (31 Jul 1919-31 Mar 1920)
2nd Legal State Examination (11 Nov 1919)
Entered State-Service as an Auxiliary-Judge at the District-Court Cottbus (19 Apr 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Counsel with the Deutschen Erdöl AG, Berlin (01 Jan 1921-30 Jun 1921)
Court-Assessor with the Tax-Office Potsdam (01 Jul 1921-30 Nov 1921)
Court-Assessor with the Tax-Office Niederbarnim (01 Dec 1921-28 Dec 1921)
Court-Assessor with the Reichs Finance Ministry (29 Dec 1921-31 Mar 1922)
Regierungsrat with the Reichs Finance Ministry (01 Apr 1922-06 Dec 1922)
Regierungsrat in the Tax-Office Charlottenburg-East (07 Dec 1922-28 Feb 1927)
Regierungsrat in the Tax-Office Berlin-Gesundbrunnen (01 Mar 1927-31 Jan 1928)
Regierungsrat in the Tax-Office Berlin-Tempelhof (01 Feb 1928-31 Jan 1932)
Regierungsrat in the Tax-Office Berlin-Alexanderplatz (01 Feb 1932-19 Mar 1933)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Oberregierungsrat in the Reichs-Commissionary for Aviation then in the RLM (20 Mar 1933-22 Oct 1933)
Ministerial in RLM (23 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1936)
Ministerialdirigent in the RLM (01 Apr 1936-21 Feb 1937)
Detached to Air-District-Command II (22 Feb 1937-31 Mar 1937)
Air-District-Intendant with Air-District-Command (01 Apr 1937-25 Apr 1938)
Chief Official with the Commanding General and Commander of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 1 (26 Apr 1938-30 Jun 1938)
Intendant with Luftwaffe-Group-Command 1 (01 Jul 1938-31 May 1939)
Air-Fleet-Intendant of Air-Fleet 1 (01 Jun 1939-10 Mar 1943)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (11 Mar 1943-21 Dec 1943)
Chief-Intendant of Commander-in-Chief South-West (22 Dec 1943-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (05 Jan 1945)
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