(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

General der Luftwaffe Walther Wecke
Born: 30 Sep 1885 in Nennhausen, Westhavelland
Died: 16 Dec 1943 in Gotha Luftwaffe Hospital
Promotions:
Feuerwerker-Leutnant (22 May 1915); Charakter als Feuerwerker-Oberleutnant (27 Mar 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (24 Jun 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (22 May 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (18 Jul 1921); Polizei-Major (01 Apr 1927); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (21 Mar 1933); Polizei-Oberst (13 Sep 1933); Polizei-Generalmajor (01 Jan 1934); Charakter als Generalmajor (01 Oct 1935); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1940); General der Luftwaffe (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army (16 Oct 1903)
In the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Oct 1903-30 Sep 1909)
With the Munitions-Depot Spandau (01 Oct 1909-04 Aug 1910)
With the Munitions-Depot Brandenburg (05 Aug 1910-18 Sep 1910)
With the Munitions-Depot Küstrin (19 Sep 1910-10 Oct 1910)
With the Munitions-Depot Darmstadt (11 Oct 1910-22 Aug 1911)
With the Gun-Foundry Spandau (23 Aug 1911-06 Sep 1913)
With the Munitions-Depot Neiße (07 Sep 1913-02 Aug 1914)
With the 5th Munitions-Column, VI. Army-Corps (03 Aug 1914-07 Feb 1915)
With the 1st Munitions-Column, VI. Army-Corps (08 Feb 1915-04 Jul 1915)
Detached to the 12th Field-Artillery-Brigade (05 Jul 1915-15 Feb 1916)
With the Artillery-Depot Magdeburg (16 Feb 1916-12 Mar 1916)
With the Mortar-Battery 45 (13 Mar 1916-07 Aug 1916)
With the Munitions-Depot Erfurt (09 Aug 1916-20 Aug 1916)
Ammunition-Officer with the II. Battalion of the 14th Reserve-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (21 Aug 1916-28 Mar 1917)
Ammunition-Officer with the I. Battalion of the 5th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (29 Mar 1917-31 Dec 1918)
With the Ammunition-Laboratory Spandau (01 Jan 1919-24 Jun 1919)
At the same time, in Volunteer Regiment Reinhard (06 Jan 1919-28 Feb 1919)
Granted Leave (24 Jun 1919-27 Mar 1920)
Retired (27 Mar 1920)
Entered Police Service (24 Jun 1919)
With the Protection-Police Berlin (24 Jun 1919-24 Feb 1933)
Detached to Police-School Potsdam (22 Sep 1920-22 Dec 1920)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Police-Detachment Wecke (25 Feb 1933-31 May 1933)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Police-Group Wecke (01 Jun 1933-16 Jul 1933)
Commander of Special-Purpose-State-Police-Group Wecke (17 Jul 1933-11 Jan 1934)
Commander of State-Police-Group 'General Göring' (12 Jan 1934-05 Jun 1934)
With the Operations-Staff of the Prussian State Police (06 Jun 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred into the Army (01 Oct 1935)
Director of Group 3 with the Army-Field-Equipment-Mastery Munich (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1937)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1937)
Commander of the Reichs-Air-Protection-School, Berlin-Wannsee (01 Oct 1937-31 Oct 1939)
Commandant of Protection-Zone Slovakia and Commandant of Luftwaffe-Exercise-Grounds Malacky (01 Oct 1939-31 Mar 1943)
Placed to Disposal (01 Dec 1942)
To Disposal (01 Apr 1943-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Deutsches Reiterabzeichen
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Slowakisches Flugzeugführer und- Beobachter-Abzeichen
- Slowakisches Kriegssiegerkreuz
- Großkreuz des Ordens vom Slowakischen Kreuz


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