Wendling, Otto

Date of birth:: October 16th, 1921 (Fieberbrunn/Tirol, Austria)
Date of death:: May 2nd, 2011 (Kitzbühel/Tirol, Austria)
Nationality:: Austrian

Biography

Promotions:
?: Leutnant;
July 1st, 1943: Oberleutnant;
July-August 1944: Hauptmann.

Career:
?: Jung Österreich;
1938: Hitlerjugend;
?: Führer, Fähnlein 2, Deutschen Jungvolk;
December 1st, 1939: Flakartillerie, Luftwaffe;
?: Flak-Regiment 12;
December 1942: 14. Lugtwaffen-Feld-Division;
March 1944: Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 8;
September 13th, 1944 - August 13th, 1946: British POW;
? - May 21st, 1949: Rechtswissenschaften, Leopold-Franzes-Universität, Innbruck.

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DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: September 8th, 1941

Nr. 775.430

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 14. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 8, 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: October 5th, 1944

Published in the Luftwaffen-Verordnungsblatt on January 1st, 1945.
By the time of the actual presentation he already held the rank of Hauptmann and had become POW.