(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

General-Ingenieur Dr.ing. Hanns Weidinger
Born: 31 Jan 1899 in Nuremberg (N�rnberg)
Died: 09 Feb 1977 in Munich (M�nchen)
Diploma In Engineering: 13 May 1922
Doctorate In Engineering: 08 Jun 1926
Promotions:
Flieger-Oberstabs-Ingenieur (01 Apr 1936); Flieger-Hauptstabs-Ingenieur (01 Jan 1938); Oberst-Ingenieur (01 Jul 1940); General-Ingenieur (01 Aug 1940)
Career:
Entered the Army (15 Oct 1917)
Flight-Student and Reserve-Officer-Aspirant with the 2nd Bavarian Flying-Replacement-Battalion, F�rth (15 Oct 1917-24 Dec 1918)
Retired (24 Dec 1918)
Studying at the Technical College Munich (25 Oct 1918-31 May 1922)
Engineer for the Formation of Aircraft-Exhibition with the German Industrical Exhibition, Munich (28 Apr 1922-14 Oct 1922)
Orderly Assistant at the Professorship for Internal Combustion Engines at the Technical College Munich (15 Oct 1922-31 Mar 1927)
Scientific Specialist with the German Tests-Institute for Aviation, Berlin-Adlershof (01 Apr 1927-31 Dec 1927)
Entered Reichs Service (01 Jan 1928)
Group-Director with the Sea-Aircraft-Test-Site Travem�nde (01 Jan 1928-30 Jun 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Jul 1934)
Group-Director in the RLM/Luftwaffe-Equipment-Inspectorate (01 Jul 1934-31 Jan 1936)
Group-Director with the Inspection for Flight-Security and Equipment, RLM (01 Feb 1936-28 Mar 1938)
Chief-Engineer of Luftwaffe-Command Austria (29 Mar 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Chief-Engineer of Air-Fleet 4 (01 Apr 1939-14 May 1940)
Chief-Engineer of Air-Fleet 5 (15 May 1940-30 Jan 1941)
Chief-Engineer of Air-Fleet 4 (31 Jan 1941-30 Nov 1943)
Chief-Engineer of Air-Fleet 2 (01 Dec 1943-14 Nov 1944)
Detached into the area of operations of the Firm Junkers (15 Nov 1944-14 Feb 1945)
Retired (14 Feb 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (07 Jun 1944)


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