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

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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