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Wimmer, Wilhelm Georg

Date of birth:
September 9th, 1889 (Vilsbiburg/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
May 15th, 1973 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Wilhelm Georg Wimmer served with Luftflotte 1, Führerreserve, as Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber im Feldluftgaukommando Belgien-Nordfrankreich and as Stabchef der Fallschirmtruppen. He was a POW from 1945 until 1947.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General der Flieger (Air Marshall)
Unit:
Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber im Feldluftgaukommando Belgien-Nordfrankreich
Awarded on:
February 3rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

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