Generalleutnant Walter Heling Born: 02 Jan 1887 in Belgard Died: 12 May 1942 by Kharkov, USSR (MIA) Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Jun 1907); Leutnant (18 May 1908); Oberleutnant (28 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (27 Sep 1919); Charakter als Major (24 Nov 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jul 1920); Polizei-Major (13 Jul 1921); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1935); Oberst (01 Jan 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1941); Generalleutnant (posthumous) (01 May 1942) Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 2nd Foot-Artillery-Regiment (09 Oct 1906-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to Foot-Artillery-School J�terbog (1911-1912)
Aircraft-Observer-Training (00 Apr 1914-31 May 1914)
Pilot-Training at the Flying-School Schneidem�hl (01 Jun 1914-30 Jul 1914)
Pilot and Observer with the Flying-Replacement-Battalion Posen (02 Aug 1914-00 Oct 1914)
With the 5th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Hannover (00 Oct 1914-19 Oct 1914)
Pilot with the 12th Flying-Battalion (20 Oct 1914-16 Jun 1915)
In French Captivity (16 Jun 1915-12 Jul 1918)
Interned in Switzerland (12 Jul 1918-31 Jul 1919)
Released and Leader of POW-Office D�beritz (01 Aug 1919-19 Feb 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (20 Feb 1920-30 Jun 1920)
At the same time, With the Staff and Battery-Chief in the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (09 Mar 1920-30 Mar 1920)
Granted Leave (01 Jul 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Entered Police Service as Unit-Leader with the Police Presidency Berlin (01 Jul 1920-12 Sep 1920)
Instructor at the Police-School for Physical-Training, Berlin-Spandau (13 Sep 1920-31 Mar 1926)
Department-Leader with the Police-Inspection Sch�neberg (Berlin) (01 Apr 1926-10 Jul 1927)
Leader of the Police-Inspection Berlin-Tempelhof (11 Jul 1927-17 Jun 1929)
Commander of the Protection-Police Weserm�nde (18 Jun 1929-31 Jul 1933)
Commander of the State-Police-Department Weserm�nde (01 Aug 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Commander of District-Police-Section Tiergarten, Berlin (01 Apr 1934-12 May 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Supplemental-Officer (Fully Activated on 01 Jul 1941) and Detached to the Reichs-School for Air-Supervision (13 May 1934-24 Jun 1934)
Commander of Air-Supervision with Air-Office Weimar (25 Jun 1934-09 Oct 1934)
Leader of the Air-Office Weimar (10 Oct 1934-30 Sep 1936)
Leader of the Air-Office Breslau (01 Oct 1936-31 Dec 1937)
Leader of the Air-Office Hamburg (01 Jan 1938-26 Aug 1939)
With Air-Region-Command XII, Hamburg (27 Aug 1939-09 May 1940)
At the same time, Airport-Area-Commandant Stade (11 Dec 1939-20 Feb 1940)
With Luftwaffe-Construction-Staff J�tland (10 May 1940-19 Jun 1940)
Airport-Area-Commandant Flensburg (20 Jun 1940-31 May 1941)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Construction-Brigade VI (01 Jun 1941-17 Apr 1942)
Airport-Area-Commandant 17/XI (18 Apr 1942-24 Apr 1942)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Construction-Brigade VI (25 Apr 1942-12 May 1942)
Went Missing In Action by Kharkov (12 May 1942)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugf�hrer-Abzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
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