Sigismund von Falkenstein

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Sigismund Freiherr von Falkenstein (born September 14, 1903 in Münster , † June 2, 1972 in Bückeburg ) was a German officer .

Career

Falkenstein joined the Reichswehr on October 1, 1922 and was trained as a cavalryman. Appointed lieutenant on December 1, 1925, he was promoted to first lieutenant on July 1, 1928. On October 1, 1933, he switched to the not yet officially existing Luftwaffe . He trained as a fighter pilot and was on October 1, 1939, as a major, group commander of the 1st group of Kampfgeschwader 27 . From June 1940 onwards he was employed in various staffs (including X. Fliegerkorps ). At the end of the war, as major general, he was in command of the 3rd Air Division.

In October 1955 Woikowo was released from prisoner-of-war camp 5110/48 .

After joining the Bundeswehr, his appointment as Brigadier General was decided on August 7, 1957. There he was head of the Air Force Academy department at the command academy of the Bundeswehr . Von Falkenstein was buried in the cemetery in Bückeburg.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey: Air Force Officer Career Summaries Section A-F , p 519 ( Memento of 8 June 2015, Internet Archive ), accessed on April 24, 2015
  2. ↑ Manfred Zeidler: Stalin Justice contra Nazi crimes. The war crimes trials against German prisoners of war in the USSR from 1943 to 1952. State of knowledge and research problems. Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism, Dresden 1996. ISBN 3-93164-808-7 , p. 70 "Transport list for returnees from October 1955 with those released from the Vojkovo general camp."
  3. ↑ Hellmuth Laegeler , Der Spiegel 50/1959, December 9, 1959.
  4. ↑ 191st Cabinet meeting on August 7, 1957
  5. ^ Rob Hopmans: Falkenstein, Sigismund Freiherr von
personal data
SURNAME Falkenstein, Sigismund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falkenstein, Sigismund Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Major General of the Air Force in World War II and Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH June 2nd 1972
Place of death Buckeburg