General der Flieger Hans Seidemann Born: 18 Jan 1902 in Garlin, District Westpriegnitz Died: 27 Dec 1967 in Braunschweig Promotions:
F�hnrich (01 Nov 1921); Oberf�hnrich (01 Nov 1922); Leutnant (20 Dec 1922); Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1927); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1934); Major i.G. (01 Aug 1936); Oberstleutnant i.G. (01 Jun 1939); Oberst i.G. (01 Oct 1940); Generalmajor (24 Aug 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1944); General der Flieger (01 Mar 1945) Career:
Entered the Army as a Volunteer in the Territorial-J�ger-Corps (General Maerker) (15 Jan 1919-28 Feb 1919)
In the Cadet-Corps (01 Mar 1919-28 Sep 1919)
Fahnenjunker, F�hnrich and Platoon-Leader in the 9th Infantry-Regiment (29 Sep 1919-31 Mar 1928)
Retired (31 Mar 1928)
Secret Flying-Training in Lipezk, USSR (01 Apr 1929-31 Oct 1929)
Reactivated to Army Service as Platoon-Leader in the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1929-31 Mar 1933)
Detached to the Commander Munich (01 Apr 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Officer with Special Duties of the Chief of Army Command (secret General-Staff-Training) (01 Oct 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Advisor in the RLM (01 Oct 1934-30 Jun 1936)
Group-Leader in the 1st Department of the Luftwaffe General Staff (01 Jul 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Commander of III. Group in the Instruction-Wing Greifswald (01 Apr 1938-30 Nov 1938)
Chief Of Staff of Legion Condor (Spain) (01 Dec 1938-30 Jun 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Special-Purpose-Flying-Leader with Army-Group South (01 Jul 1939-26 Dec 1939)
Chief Of The General Staff of the VIII. Flying-Corps (27 Dec 1939-05 Aug 1940)
Detached to the Staff of Air-Fleet-Command 2 (06 Aug 1940-09 Oct 1940)
Chief Of The General Staff of Air-Fleet 2 (10 Oct 1940-31 Jul 1942)
Flying-Leader Africa (24 Aug 1942-11 Feb 1943)
Commanding General of Flying-Corps Tunis (12 Feb 1943-14 May 1943)
Commanding General of the VIII. Flying-Corps (18 May 1943-25 Jan 1945)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Command Silesia (25 Jan 1945-28 Apr 1945)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Command 8 (29 Apr 1945-09 May 1945)
No Post War Captivity
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (437): am 20.03.1942 als Oberst i.G. und Chef des Generalstabs des Oberbefehlshaber S�d
- Eichenlaub (658): am 18.11.1944 als Generalleutnant und Kommandierender General des VIII. Fliegerkorps
- 1939 EK I: 20.05.1940
- 1939 EK II: 25.09.1939
- Deutsche-Spanienkreuz mit Schwertern
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- �rmelband "Afrika"
- Wehrmachtbericht: 20.02.1944
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