German flying ace (1895?1957)
Georg Weiner
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Born
| 22 August 1895
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Died
| 24 January 1957
(1957-01-24)
(aged 61)
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Allegiance
| Germany
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Service/
branch
| Aviation
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Rank
| Leutnant
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Unit
| Schutzstaffel 15,
Jagdstaffel 20
, Kest 3,
Jagdstaffel 3
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Other work
| Generalmajor
in World War II
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General Major
Georg Weiner
was a German
flying ace
during World War I, being credited with nine aerial victories. He would continue in Germany's military service, rising to the rank of
Generalmajor
during World War II.
Early life
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Georg Weiner was born in
Dresden
, Germany, on 22 August 1895. He joined the
German Army
early in World War I, on 22 August 1914.
World War I
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Promotions and appointments
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22 November 1914: Enlisted as a
Gefreiter
14 January 1915: Promoted to
Unteroffizier
and
Fahnenjunker
16 April 1915: Appointed as
Fahnrich
25 June 1915: Commissioned as
Leutnant
Duty assignments
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22 November 1914: Began service in the ranks of the 103rd Infantry Regiment
1 January 1915: Promoted to lead an infantry platoon and company
2 August 1915: Assigned to
staff duty
as an Ordnance Officer with 244th Reserve Infantry Regiment
20 March 1916: Detached for pilot training with 5th Flying Replacement Battalion and at the Military Flying School at
Halberstadt
2 September 1916: Assigned to pilot's duty with
Jagdstaffel 38
4 November 1916: Advanced training with 7th Flying Replacement Battalion,
Cologne
21 November 1916: Assigned to
Jagdstaffel 20
as a pilot
24 June 1917: Hospitalized with wound in the Naval Hospital in
Bruges
15 July 1917: Posted to training and inspection duties
17 August 1917: Transferred to pilot's duty with
Kest 3
5 September 1918: Appointed as
Staffelfuhrer
to command
Jagdstaffel 3
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List of aerial victories
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See also
Aerial victory standards of World War I
Between the World Wars
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Promotions and appointments
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1 April 1925: Promoted to
oberleutnant
1 February 1930: Promoted to
hauptmann
1 April 1935: Promoted to
major
1 March 1937: Promoted to
oberstleutnant
1 June 1939: Promoted to
oberst
Duty assignments
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29 November 1918: Demobilization duties with 6th Flying Replacement Battalion,
Jagdstaffel 5
1 June 1919: Pilot with
Saxony
's Artillery Flying Squadron
Großenhain
1 October 1919: Seconded to Airbase Großenhain
8 May 1920: Assigned to ground duty as technical officer with Light Motor Vehicle Column 4
1 October 1920: Platoon leader with
Motor Transport
Battalions
1 April 1925: Began weapon technology studies at the
Technical Studies College Dresden
, which led to his
Diploma in Engineering
, awarded 21 March 1932
1 April 1932: Assigned as advisor in the Army Weapons Office
1 April 1933: Posted to staff duty with various motor transport battalions
1 April 1935: Transferred into the
Luftwaffe
as Battery Chief of the
Flak Bataillon Lubeck
15 March 1936: Director of the Luftwaffe's Test Site in
Rechlin
1 December 1936: Staff duty with Fighter Group I/137 at
Bernburg
1 March 1937: Appointed to command Fighter Group I/137
World War II
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Promotions and appointments
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1 October 1943: Promoted to
Generalmajor
Duty assignments
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1 June 1939: Assigned to command the 71st Flying Training Regiment
27 May 1940: Tasked as Airport Area Commandant,
Jessau
/
Insterburg
1941: Served as Air Region Column Leader for the
Netherlands
1942: Served as Air Region Column Leader for Italy and North Africa
1 July 1943: Assigned as Director of the travel staff with the
Luftwaffe
personnel office
1 April 1944: Transferred to reserves of the
OKL
1 July 1944: Assigned to special duties with Air Region Command VI
28 February 1945: Retired from military service
Post World War II
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Generalmajor
Georg Weiner was detained by the victorious Russians in the aftermath of the War, and imprisoned in the
Soviet Union
on 5 October 1945. He was not released until 26 September 1949.
He died on 24 January 1957 in
Gottingen
, Germany.
Honors and awards
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1914
Iron Cross
first and second class
Pilot's Badge
Ritterkreuz
second class Albrechts Order with Swords
Ritterkreuz
service medal second class with swords
Black
Wound Badge
Aviator's Commemorative Badge
Honor Cross for Combatants
Wehrmacht Long Service Award
fourth to the first class
Africa Sleeve Band
References
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- Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914?1918
.
Norman Franks
, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993.
ISBN
0-948817-73-9
,
ISBN
978-0-948817-73-1
.
- Fokker D VII Aces of World War 1, Part 2: Aircraft of the Aces 63: Osprey Aircraft of the Aces
. Norman Franks, Greg VanWyngarden. Osprey Publishing, 2004.
ISBN
1-84176-729-8
,
ISBN
978-1-84176-729-1
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Endnotes
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- ^
Above the Lines
, p. 30.
- ^
"Georg Weiner"
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www.theaerodrome.com
. Retrieved
30 September
2011
.
- ^
Fokker D.VII Aces of World War I, Part 2
, p. 84.
- ^
Above the Lines
, p. 227.
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