Date of birth:

July 7th, 1898 (Bankau/Upper-Silesia, Germany)

Date of death:

May 17th, 1943 (Petric/Macedonia, Yougoslavia)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Dionyssos-Rapendoza
Plot: 1. Row: 4. Grave: 7.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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.

Career:
April 12th, 1942: Fliegerführer Afrika;
August 31st,1942: Kommandeur, X. Fliegerkorps;
January 1st,1943: Luftwaffenkommando Südost.

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