Hanns Weidinger

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Hanns Weidinger (born January 31, 1899 in Nuremberg ; † February 9, 1977 in Munich ) was an officer , most recently a general engineer , of the German Air Force during World War II .

Life

Promotions

  • April 1, 1936 Flieger-Oberstabs-Engineer
  • January 1, 1938 Pilot Chief Staff Engineer
  • July 1, 1940 Colonel Engineer
  • August 1, 1940 general engineer

Weidinger attended the secondary school in Nuremberg , where he graduated from high school in 1917. After graduation he was until 24 December 1918 student pilots and from October 15, 1917 reserve officer -Aspirant in the Bavarian army that it was a technical teacher at the b flier spare Division 2 (FEA 2b) in Fürth began. After receiving his pilot's license in 1918, after the First World War , from December 25, 1918, he studied engineering at the TH Munich . On January 2, 1919, he renounced as a fox with Corps Transrhenania Munich . In consideration of his family circumstances, he was allowed to leave on July 12, 1919.

After becoming a qualified engineer for machine electronics at the end of May 1922 , he worked from April 28 to October 14, 1922 as an engineer for the construction of the aircraft exhibition at the German Trade Show in Munich . Then he went back to the Technical University in Munich. Until the end of March 1927 he was a full assistant at the chair for internal combustion engines, where he was awarded a Dr.-Ing. PhD . In April 1927, Weidinger switched to the German Aviation Research Institute in Berlin-Karlshorst as a scientific clerk , where he remained until the end of the year.

Joined the Reichswehr as an engineer officer on January 1, 1928 , until the end of June 1934 he was a technical test pilot at the See trial site in Travemünde .

On July 1, 1934, Weidinger joined the Luftwaffe, which was secretly being set up, and was initially employed again as a group leader in the Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM), where he was employed by the Luftwaffe equipment stage manager. From the end of January 1936 to the end of March 1938 he was group leader at the inspection for flight safety and equipment in the RLM. After the annexation of Austria , Weidinger was appointed chief engineer of the Austrian Air Force Command (later Luftflotte 4) at the end of March 1938 .

Since April 1, 1939 he was chief engineer of Luftflotte 2 . In the same role he came to Luftflotte 4 and Luftflotte 5 . In the Battle of Stalingrad , the 8th Air Corps of Air Fleet 4 was primarily responsible for supplying the trapped soldiers. With the last take-off, Weidinger was flown out of the boiler. On November 15, 1944, he was delegated to Junkers & Co. , where he remained until February 14, 1945.

After the end of the war and American captivity until 1947, he founded the Dr.-Ing. H. Weidinger KG (industrial representatives in the heavy current area), which he headed until the handover to his children shortly before his death. In 1957 he again acquired the civil private pilot's license .

Upon request, he received the transrhenan tape back on May 16, 1964, after 45 years. At the same time he was philisted .

Memberships

  • Member of the board of the VDI district Munich-Upper Bavaria
  • Association of Friends of the TH Munich
  • Honorary member of Akaflieg Munich
  • Traditional community "Old Eagles"

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Obituary in the Corps newspaper of Transrhenania , No. 49, December 1977
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 177 , 493

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: The Generals of the Air Force 1935-1945 . Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 376481701-1 , p. 486 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Weidinger, Hanns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and officer, most recently general engineer in the Air Force during World War II
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1977
Place of death Munich