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General Johannes Steinhoff
15.September 1913 21 Februar 1994
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| 1932 - 1934 | Studies sports and German studies at university Jena |
| Januar 1934 | Admission to the navy as a naval pilot candidate |
| 1936 | Change to the new founded Air Force |
| 1938 - 1940 | Squadron Commander of the first German night fighter squadron |
| 1939 - 1940 | Combat missions over the North Sea |
| 1940 | After quarrel with the Air Force leadership about the future of the night hunting transfer to the Fighter Squadron 52 |
| 1940 - 1943 | Combat missions over England and the Soviet Union |
| März 1943 | Commander Fighter Wing 77 (JG 77) |
| 1943 - 1944 | Combat mission over Africa and Italy |
| Dezember 1944 | Kommodore JG 7 with the order to put up the world´s first jet fighter squadron (equipped with Me 262) |
| Februar 1945 | After a failed attempt of some wing commanders to drop Hermann Göring as the commander of the air force, transfer to the famous Fighter Squadron 44 "Galland" as a flying instructor |
| April 1945 | Take-off accident with a Me 262, heaviest burnings |
| 1947 - 1952 | Leader of the ceramic painting in the manufactory Majolika, after that employee of an advertising agency |
| 1952 - 1955 | Work in "Amt Blank" at the preparation of the new German forces, a member of the German delegation at the negotiations to the European Defense Community. After foundation of the Federal Armed Forces admission into the air force and training on US jet airplanes |
| 1955 - 1960 | Sub-head of department Leadership and Planning in the Air Force Staff |
| 1960 - 1963 | German Military Representative with the Nato Armed Forces Committee in Washington (USA) |
| 1964 | Commander 4. Air Force Division |
| 1965 - 1966 | Chief of Staff and acting Commander Allied Air Forces Central Europe |
| 1966 - 1970 | Chief of Staff of the air force. Ending of the Starfighter crisis by drastic modernization of structure and education within the Air Force |
| 1971 - 1974 | Chairman of the NATO Armed Forces Committee in Brussels (Belgium) |
| 1974 | Retirement |
