Hermann Dahlmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German aviator
Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1892
Place of Birth: Wanfried, Hesse, Germany
Date of Death: 21-Jan-1978
Profession: military leader
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Hermann Dahlmann
- Generalleutnant Theodor Hermann Dahlmann (19 November 1892 – 21 January 1978), usually referred to as Hermann Dahlmann, was an influential aviation administrator during the Third Reich.
- His rise to power was linked to his World War I experience of knowing both Hermann Göring and Bruno Loerzer. He began his military career prior to World War I, becoming an officer candidate in October 1913.
- He first met Göring during 1914.
- Dahlmann served with ground forces until 25 July 1915, when he transferred to aviation for aerial observer training.
- He 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.
- Through Loerzer, Dahlmann would come to better know Göring, who was Loerzer's friend. Dahlmann ended World War I as a decorated fighter ace credited with seven aerial victories.
- Nevertheless, he did not remain in German military aviation, which had been greatly restricted by the Treaty of Versailles.
- The decades between the World Wars were spent serving first in police duties, then as a civil servant.
- By 1 August 1939, when Dahlmann transferred back to aviation by joining the Luftwaffe, he was the civil service equivalent of a colonel.
- The transfer back to aviation placed Dahlmann under Göring's command, despite the former's private reservations about the latter. Dahlmann would serve in training and personnel management positions until 8 July 1942.
- He then became a special assistant to Generalfeldmarshall Erhard Milch.
- On 1 December 1943, Dahlmann was promoted to generalleutnant and placed in charge of the Luftwaffe's flight security, flight operations, and ground organization.
- He would serve in this role right through to war's end.
- He was then imprisoned until August 1947.
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