General-Ingenieur Dipl.Ing. Franz Mahnke Born: 07 Apr 1900 in R�bel, Mecklenburg Died: 01 Apr 1975 in Berlin-Reinickendorf Diploma In Engineering: 15 Jul 1926 Promotions:
Fliegerstabs-Ingenieur (01 Feb 1938); Fliegeroberstabs-Ingenieur (01 Feb 1939); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1942); General-Ingenieur (01 Dec 1942) Career:
Entered the Army as a Recruit in the 90th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (21 Jun 1918-22 Oct 1918)
Recruit with the Firld-Recruitment-Depot of the 54th Infantry-Division (23 Oct 1918-26 Nov 1918)
Musketier with the 90th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (27 Nov 1918-15 Dec 1918)
Retired (15 Dec 1918)
Practical Training with the Firm Drescher, Wittstock (01 Mar 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Studies at the Technical College Berlin (01 Apr 1920-31 Jul 1926)
Managing Director and Test-Engineer with the Firm Werkzeugmaschinenbau Drescher, Wittstock (01 Sep 1926-31 Aug 1927)
Entered Reichs Service as an Auxiliary-Advisor in the Army Weapon Office (01 Sep 1927-31 Mar 1933)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Advisor RLM/LC III 2 (01 Apr 1933-08 Apr 1936)
Group-Director in the RLM/LC III 2 (09 Apr 1936-30 Apr 1938)
Officer-Course (ROA) with the 14th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Stade, Elbe (01 Sep 1936-10 Oct 1936)
Group-Director and Temporary Department-Chief in the RLM LC 8 then LC 3 (Engines) (01 May 1938-12 Oct 1941)
Department-Director GL/C-B 3 (Engines), RLM (13 Oct 1941-31 Jul 1942)
Office-Group-Chief GL/C-B 3 (Engines), RLM (01 Aug 1942-03 Nov 1944)
Placed to Disposal and Officer with Special Duties on a Special-Mission for Luftwaffe-Personnel with the Reichs-Minister for Armaments and War Production (04 Nov 1944-31 Jan 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (31 Jan 1945-10 Oct 1955)
Released (10 Oct 1935)
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