Bio of Generalarzt (Luftwaffe) Dr.med. Otto Bengsch

Generalarzt Dr.med. Otto Bengsch
Born: 28 Jul 1879 in Guscht, District Friedeberg
Died: 15 Jul 1954 in Bad Schwartau
Doctorate In Medicine: 00 Mar 1904

Promotions:
Marine-Unterarzt (12 Jul 1904); Marine-Assistenzarzt (11 Sep 1904); Marine-Oberassistenzarzt (11 Oct 1906); Marine-Stabsarzt (06 Aug 1909); Marine-Oberstabsarzt (17 Dec 1916); Charakter als Marine-Generaloberarzt (28 Nov 1919); Charakter als Oberfeldarzt (01 Nov 1938); Oberfeldarzt (01 Nov 1939); Oberstarzt (01 Apr 1942); Generalarzt (30 Jan 1945)

Career:
Entered the Army as a One Year Volunteer in the 113th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1898-30 Sep 1898)
Discharged to the Reserve (30 Sep 1898)
Medical-Studies at the Universities Leipzig, Würzburg and Kiel (01 Oct 1898-31 Mar 1904)
Entered Naval Service as a One Year Volunteer Marinearzt in Kiel (01 Apr 1904-10 Sep 1904)
Training as Marinearzt (11 Sep 1904-11 Jul 1905)
Auxiliary-Medic on the Liner 'Preußen' (12 Jul 1905-30 Sep 1905)
Ship-Medic on the a Torpedo-Boat (01 Oct 1905-09 Dec 1905)
Ship-Medic on the Liner 'Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm' (14 Dec 1905-31 Mar 1907)
Ship-Medic on the Liner 'Zähringen' (01 Apr 1907-30 Sep 1907)
Placed to Disposal and Departed to Tsingtau (01 Oct 1907-01 Dec 1907)
Medic at Hospital Tsingtau (02 Dec 1907-07 Jun 1909)
Battalion-Medic of the III. Sea-Battalion, Tsingtau (08 Jun 1909-18 Feb 1910)
District-Medic Litsum (19 Feb 1910-20 May 1910)
Ship-Medic on the Cannon-Boat 'Iltis' (26 May 1910-21 May 1911)
Returned Home and Placed to Disposal (22 May 1911-24 Sep 1911)
Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser 'Dresden' (25 Sep 1911-25 Sep 1912)
Medic at the Surgical Department of the Eppendorfer Infirmary, Hamburg (0-1 Oct 1912-31 Jul 1914)
Ships-Medic on the Heavy Cruiser 'Prinz Heinrich' (05 Aug 1914-31 Aug 1914)
Chief Surgeon at the Naval-Field-Hospital 4 (Flaunders) (04 Sep 1914-27 Sep 1916)
Ships-Medic on the Battle-Cruiser 'Moltke' (28 Sep 1916-24 Jul 1917)
Senior-Medic of the Surgical Department of the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (25 Jul 1917-30 Sep 1919)
At the Welfare-Hospital Kiel (01 Oct 1919-28 Nov 1919) Retired (28 Nov 1919)
Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Luftwaffe) and Officer to with Special Duties (01 Aug 1938-31 Oct 1938)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer and Department-Medic of Infirmary-Department II of Luftwaffe-Hospital 4/XI, Wismar (01 Nov 1938-31 Dec 1940)
Chief-Medic of Luftwaffe-Hospital 4/XI, Wismar (01 Jan 1941-1945)

Decorations & Awards:
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. und I.Klasse
Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. und I.Klasse mit Schwertern
Deutsches Reiterabzeichen

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2351871#p2351871
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/Sanitatsoffizier/BENGSCH_OTTO.html