Who ist this Luftwaffen Oberst (signature)?

[torstenbel]

Hi guys, I have got a three page Stabsbefehl from the Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffengruppe 1 from 7th April 1938. It is handsigned by an Oberst in Generalstellung. I assume his name is Speidel? I have been looking everywhere and cannot verify who he was or if my reading of the name is correct... could anyone help me with this ... ? Please? Cheers and thanks, Torsten.

The signature:

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front page of the document

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his position

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last page of the document with the signature

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the distribution list of the order...

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this handwritten note came with the document...it is about a General der Flakwaffe and then a series of dates and units...I am not sure if this has something to do with the man, whose signature I am trying to decipher??

[Larry deZeng]

Gen.Maj. Wilhelm Speidel was appointed Chef des Stabes/Luftwaffengruppe 1 on 01.04.1938 and served in that capacity until he was replaced by Gen.Maj. Camillo Ruggera on 01.11.1938.

Source:
Zweng, Christian. Die Dienststellen, Kommandobehörden und Truppenteile der Luftwaffe 1935-1945. Band 1: Nr. 1-10 (Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag, 1999), page 3.

--BHS1956

[torstenbel]

Gen.Maj. Wilhelm Speidel was appointed Chef des Stabes/Luftwaffengruppe 1 on 01.04.1938 and served in that capacity until he was replaced by Gen.Maj. Camillo Ruggera on 01.11.1938.

Source:
Zweng, Christian. Die Dienststellen, Kommandobehörden und Truppenteile der Luftwaffe 1935-1945. Band 1: Nr. 1-10 (Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag, 1999), page 3.

--BHS1956

thank you very much BHS.. with the full name, it will now be possible to find out a lot more for the man...thank you...Cheers, Torsten.

PS: He got 20 years as a war criminal during the Nuernberg trials and was the Chief Luftwaffe officer in Romania later on in the war...etc....

[torstenbel]

in case that anyone is interested, I just found this photo of Generalleutnant Speidel in a 1940 issue of Der Adler. Cheers, Torsten.