WALDAU, Hoffmann von, Otto
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Waldau, Hoffmann von, Otto Date of birth:  July 7th, 1898 (Bankau/Upper-Silesia, Germany) Date of death:  May 17th, 1943 (Petric/Macedonia, Yougoslavia) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Otto Hoffmann von Waldau was killed in an aircrash near Petric on 17th May 1943 as Befehlshaber des Luftwaffenkommandos Südost and with the rank of General der Flieger. Promotions: 27th January 1917: Fähnrich; 22nd March 1917: Leutnant; 1st August 1925: Oberleutnant; 1st March 1933: Rittmeister; 1st August 1935: Major; 1st October 1937: Oberstleutnant; 22nd September 1939: Oberst; 19th July 1940: Generalmajor; 1st March 1942: Generalleutnant; 30th January 1943: General der Flieger.       VAPAUDENRISTIN 1.LUOKKA MIEKKOJEN KERA (VR 1 MK) Rank: Generalleutnant Awarded on: March 25th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Generalleutnant Unit: Fliegerführer Afrika Awarded on: June 28th, 1942         GEMEINSAMES FLUGZEUGFUHRER-BEOBACHTER ABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN         1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 1ER KLASSE 1914         1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914         EHRENKREUZ FÜR FRONTKÄMPFER         DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 4.KLASSE, 4 JAHRE         DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 3.KLASSE, 12 JAHRE         DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 2. KLASSE, 18 JAHRE         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Gareth Collins, Axis Biographical Research Information source(s):   - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum - Axis Biographical Research