(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

General-Ingenieur Dipl.Ing. Otto Maashoff
Born: 03 Apr 1895 in Mettmann, District D�sseldorf
Died: 26 Oct 1941 in Berlin-Zehlendorf (Hospital)
19 Aug 1922
Promotions:
Gefreiter (06 Nov 1914); Unteroffizier (10 May 1915); Vizefeldwebel (07 Oct 1915); Leutnant der Reserve (06 Nov 1915); Oberleutnant der Reserve (23 Apr 1937); Flieger-Oberstabsingenieur (01 Apr 1936); Flieger-Hauptstabsingenieur (01 Jan 1938); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Jul 1940); General-Ingenieur (17 Aug 1940)
Career:
Entered the Army as a War Volunteer in the 11th Hussar-Regiment (06 Aug 1914-31 Jul 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 39th Fusilier-Regiment (01 Aug 1915-18 Feb 1916)
Flying-Training with the 7th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (19 Feb 1916-17 Jul 1916)
Pilot with the 5th Flying-Battalion (18 Jul 1916-27 Apr 1917)
Pilot in Fighter-Wing Richthofen/Fighter-Squadron 11 (28 Apr 1917-17 Apr 1918)
Adjutant of Army-Flight-Park A (18 Apr 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Retired (00 Dec 1918)
Studies at the Technical College Karlsruhe (00 Apr 1919-00 Jul 1920)
Studies at the Technical College Berlin (00 Nov 1920-19 Aug 1922)
Draughtsman with the Krupp Friedrich-Alfred-H�tte, Rheinhausen (01 Sep 1922-14 Feb 1924)
Managing Director and Works Manager of the Firm Friedrich Hahn, Neu�, Rhineland (15 Feb 1924-31 Mar 1926)
Entered Reichs Service as Advisor in the Army-Weapons-Office/Wa L (01 Apr 1926-00 Aug 1926)
Director of the Technical Bureau of the Firm Fabrications GmbH (00 Aug 1926-00 Jul 1932)
Advisor in the Army-Weapons-Office/Wa L (00 Jul 1932-31 Mar 1933)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Advisor in the RLM (01 Apr 1933-31 Aug 1933)
Squadron-Leader in Deutschen Luftsport-Verband (01 Sep 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Group-Director in the RLM (01 Apr 1934-06 Jan 1937)
Engineering-Officer with the Staff of Air-Equipment-Group 3 (07 Jan 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Chief-Engineer of Luftwaffe-Command 1 (01 Apr 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Chief-Engineer of Air-Fleet-Command 1 (01 Feb 1939-26 Oct 1941)
Died (26 Oct 1941)

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