Hans Seidemann
{{Short description|German general (1901–1967)}}
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|name=Hans Seidemann
|birth_date=18 January 1901
|death_date={{death date and age|1967|12|21|1901|1|18|df=y}}
|birth_place=Garlin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
|death_place=Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, West Germany
|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2005-0103-517, Berlin, Milch, Seidemann, v. Kehler.jpg
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|caption=Seidemann (center) with Erhard Milch (left)
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|allegiance=Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
|branch=Luftwaffe
|serviceyears=1919–1945
|rank=General der Flieger
|commands=8th Air Corps
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|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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Hans Seidemann (18 January 1901 – 21 December 1967) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
From April 1928 to October 1929, Seidemann was trained as a Luftwaffe pilot at the secret training facility in Lipetsk, Soviet Union. He also participated in the third and fourth FAI International Tourist Plane Contest Challenge 1932 (7th place) and Challenge 1934 (3rd place).
By the mid 1930s Seidemann was a renowned air racer and won the 1937 London - Isle of Man Air Race.Mona's Herald, Tuesday, June 01, 1937; Page: 10
Awards
- Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (6 June 1939)Schumann 2007, p. 175.
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (20 May 1940)Thomas 1998, p. 311.
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 20 March 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab and chief of the general staff of Luftflotte 2Fellgiebel 2000, p. 397.
- 658th Oak Leaves on 18 November 1944 as Generalleutnant and commanding general of VIII. FliegerkorpsFellgiebel 2000, p. 92.
References
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- {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|year=2000
|orig-date=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Thomas
|first=Franz
|year=1998
|title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z
|trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z
|language=German
|location=Osnabrück, Germany
|publisher=Biblio-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9
}}
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years=21 May 1943 – 8 May 1945
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