Hess, Rudolf Walter Richard
- Date of birth:
- April 26th, 1894 (Alexandria, Egypt)
- Date of death:
- August 17th, 1987 (Berlin, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 50 // NSDAP-Nr.: 1600 then 16
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Rudolf Walter Richard Heß
00.04.1915: Gefreiter, 1. Kompanie, bayer. Infanterie-Regiment 'König' Nr. 1
12.06.1916: WIA near Thiaumont, Verdun
21.09.1916: WIA in Fort de Douaumont, Verdun - sent to Lazarett Reicholdsgrün
04.12.1916: Vizefeldwebel, 10. Kompanie, bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 18
23.07.1917: WIA for the 2nd time in Romania
08.08.1917: WIA for the 3rd time in Focşani, Romania and sent to Lazarett Reicholdsgrün
08.10.1917: Leutnant der Reserve and proposed for the EKI
00.04.1918: Flugzeugführerlehrgang, Fliegerhorst Lechfeld bei Augsburg
00.10.1918: bayerischer Jagdstaffel 35
00.00.1919: member of the Organisation „Eiserne Faust" then Thule-Gesellschaft
01.07.1920: entered the NSDAP, 1. Münchner NS-Studentensturm
00.04.1925: Hitlers Privatsekretär
01.11.1925: entered the SS, SS-Adjutant des „Führers" Adolf Hitler
00.06.1928: entered the newspaper 'Der S.A.-Mann'
18.12.1931: promoted to SS-Oberführer
05.12.1932: promoted to SS-Gruppenführer
01.07.1933: promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer
00.09.1933: Stellvertreter des Führers
10.05.1941: flew from Augsburg Airfield to Scotland with Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-1/N Werknummer 3869
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Gefreiter (Corporal)
- Unit:
- 1. Kompanie, bayer. 1. Infanterie-Regiment 'König'
- Awarded on:
- April 21st, 1915
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Vizefeldwebel der Reserve (Senior Sergeant of Reserves)
- Awarded on:
- 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Vizefeldwebel
- Awarded on:
- 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
Nürnberger Parteitagsabzeichen 1929
- Awarded on:
- 1929
Coburger Abzeichen
- Awarded on:
- October 14th, 1932
- Awarded on:
- 1933
- Rank:
- Stellvertreter des Führers (StdF)
- Awarded on:
- November 9th, 1933
Nr. 02
- Awarded on:
- February 1934
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- November 6th, 1936
- Awarded on:
- April 2nd, 1939
- Awarded on:
- April 2nd, 1939
Sources
- Photo 1: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0313-507 (Public Domain)
- - Rainer F. Schmidt: Rudolf Heß – „Botengang eines Toren?" Der Flug nach Großbritannien vom 10. Mai 1941. 3. Auflage. Econ, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-430-18016-3.
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