Generalleutnant Theodor Hermann Dahlmann, usually referred to as Hermann Dahlmann, was an influential aviation administrator during the Third Reich.
28 Facts About Hermann Dahlmann
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Hermann Dahlmann's rise to prominence was linked to his World War I experience of knowing both Hermann Goring and Bruno Loerzer.
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Hermann Dahlmann began his military career prior to World War I, becoming an officer candidate in October 1913.
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Hermann Dahlmann would serve in aviation until war's end, being entrusted by Loerzer with the adjutant's duties for one of the world's first fighter wings, Jagdgeschwader III.
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Hermann Dahlmann ended World War I as a decorated fighter ace credited with seven aerial victories.
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Hermann Dahlmann would serve in training and personnel management positions until 8 July 1942.
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Hermann Dahlmann then became a special assistant to Generalfeldmarshall Erhard Milch.
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On 1 December 1943, Hermann Dahlmann was promoted to generalleutnant and placed in charge of the Luftwaffe's flight security, flight operations, and ground organization.
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Hermann Dahlmann would serve in this role right through to war's end.
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Theodor Hermann Dahlmann was born on 19 November 1892 in Wanfried, Eschwege District, Germany to Christoph Dahlmann and Caroline Dahlmann.
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Hermann Dahlmann joined the German Army by becoming an officer candidate, being appointed as a Fahnrich and platoon leader in the 82nd Infantry Regiment on 15 October 1913.
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Hermann Dahlmann was detached to the War School at Anklam on 1 November 1913.
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Hermann Dahlmann returned to the 82nd Regiment and was promoted to Leutnant on 1 August 1914.
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Hermann Dahlmann went on convalescent leave on 25 September 1914.
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Dahlmann first met Hermann Goring, under whom he would serve in the Third Reich, sometime in 1914.
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On 21 May 1915, Hermann Dahlmann moved to the Replacement Machine Gun Battalion of the XI Armee Corps Kassel.
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Hermann Dahlmann then moved to Cologne to take aerial observer training with the Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 7, beginning 15 August 1915.
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Hermann Dahlmann then moved up to flying single-seater scouts; from 15 March to 19 October 1917, he was posted to a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 29.
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Hermann Dahlmann was promoted to oberleutnant on 27 January 1918.
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Hermann Dahlmann returned to front line duty on 25 May 1918, being assigned to Jagdgeschwader III to serve under Bruno Loerzer; on 15 August, he became JG III's adjutant.
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Hermann Dahlmann served as the wing's adjutant until the end of the war, not giving up the position until 19 November 1918.
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The experience left him with definite opinions about Hermann Goring, although Dahlmann would express those opinions only in later years.
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Hermann Dahlmann transitioned to police service in Berlin on 15 July 1919, serving in various command positions, including that of the air police, until transferring into civil service.
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Hermann Dahlmann was promoted thrice, becoming the civil service equivalent of a colonel on 28 July 1934.
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Hermann Dahlmann transferred to the Luftwaffe as the Department Chief of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium on 1 August 1939, thus placing himself under Goring's command.
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On 1 December 1943 Hermann Dahlmann was promoted to generalleutnant and entrusted with the flight security, flight operations, and ground organization of the Luftwaffe.
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Hermann Dahlmann served in that capacity until 8 May 1945, VE Day, when he was captured.
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Hermann Dahlmann died on 21 January 1978, in Rimsteig, Germany aged 85.