(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Sigismund Freiherr von Falkenstein
Born: 14 Sep 1903 in Münster, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Died: 02 Jun 1972 in Bückeburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich (15 Sep 1924); Oberfähnrich (15 Sep 1925); Leutnant (01 Dec 1925); Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1928); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1934); Major (01 Apr 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1940); Oberst (01 Apr 1942); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943); Brigadegeneral (01 Mar 1957)
Career:
Entered the Army in the 16th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-30 Apr 1931)
Retired (30 Apr 1931)
Secret Flying Training (01 May 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Reactivated into the Army in the 16th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-30 Jun 1933)
Retired (30 Jun 1933)
Secret Flying Training (01 Jul 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Reactivated to the Army and Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service (09 Mar 1935)
Detached to the Air War Academy (01 Oct 1935-31 Dec 1935)
Advisor and Group-Leader in the Training-Department and General-Staff-Officer with the Inspector of Bomber Flying (01 Jan 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Squadron-Captain in the Bomber-Flying-Group Giebelstadt (01 Apr 1938-31 Oct 1938)
General-Staff-Officer with the Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe (01 Nov 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Director of the Training-Department, RLM (01 Feb 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Group-Commander in Bomber-Wing 27 ‘Boelcke’ (01 Oct 1939-31 May 1940)
General-Staff-Officer in the OKW Department of State Defence (01 Jun 1940-31 Mar 1942)
Chief of the General-Staff of the X. Flying-Corps (01 Apr 1942-30 Apr 1943)
Chief of the General-Staff of the Luftwaffe-Command South East (01 May 1943-31 Oct 1943)
Chief of the General-Staff of the Luftwaffe-Commander Centre (01 Nov 1943-08 Feb 1944)
Chief of the General-Staff of Air-Fleet Reich (09 Feb 1944-12 May 1944)
Commander of the 3rd Flying-Division (01 Jun 1944-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (09 May 1945-10 Oct 1955)
Released (10 Oct 1955)
Entered the Bundeswehr (Luftwaffe) for Suitability and Training (01 Mar 1957-03 Sep 1957)
Commander of the Luftwaffe-Academy at the Operations-Academy of the Bundeswehr (04 Sep 1957-31 Mar 1959)
Commander of the Luftwaffe Department at the Operations-Academy of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg (01 Apr 1959-30 Sep 1962)
Retired (30 Sep 1962)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutches Kreuz in Gold (12 Jul 1943)


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