General-Ingenieur Hanns Hämmerle Born: 22 Oct 1897 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg Died: 12 Aug 1982 in Hohenems Promotions:
Fähnrich (15 Mar 1915); Leutnant (01 Sep 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1917); Hauptmann (01 Jan 1921); Major (17 Feb 1934); Fliegeroberstabs-Ingenieur (01 Nov 1938); Fliegerhauptstabs-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1940); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Jul 1940); General-Ingenieur (28 Feb 1944) Career:
Entered the Austrian Army as Platoon and Company Commander in the 87th Infantry-Regiment (15 Mar 1915-20 Nov 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital and with the Replacement-Battalion of the 87th Infantry-Regiment (20 Nov 1915-11 Feb 1916)
Company-Commander in the 87th Infantry-Regiment (12 Feb 1916-08 Nov 1918)
Adjutant of the Volkswehr-Battalion Bregenz (09 Nov 1918-31 May 1920)
Recruitment-Officer, Instruction-Officer and Commander of the Liaison-Platoon in the 4th Alpine-Jäger-Battalion (01 Jun 1920-09 Oct 1925)
Duty Assignment for Special Tasks, Studies at the Technical Colleges Vienna and Graz (10 Oct 1925-31 May 1929)
Deputy Director and Technical Director of the Flying-School Thalerhof (01 Jun 1929-31 Dec 1934)
Director of the Technical Equipment Institute Graz (01 Jan 1935-31 May 1935)
Commandant of the Flier-Dock (01 Jun 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Flying Technical Advisor then Group-Director with the Command of the Austrian Air Force, Vienna (01 Oct 1935-31 May 1938)
Transferred into the German Luftwaffe (15 Mar 1938)
Administrator with the Air-Equipment-Group 17 then with Luftwaffe-Command Austria, Vienna (01 Jun 1938-31 Jul 1939)
Air-Region-Engineer XVII, Vienna (01 Aug 1939-15 Apr 1941)
Air-Region-Engineer with the Staff of Air-Region-Command South-East (01 May 1941-05 May 1943)
Chief-Engineer of Air-Fleet 1 (08 May 1943-29 Oct 1944)
Granted Leave (30 Oct 1944-24 May 1945)
In French Captivity (25 May 1945-01 Aug 1945)
Released (01 Aug 1945)
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