The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General István Bánfalvy

Bánfalvy, István

Lieutenant-General

* 3rd of April 1897

† 17th of March 1975

Promotions

1934-11-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-09-01 Colonel
1943-02-01 Major-General

Service

1934-05-01 1938-05-01 Instructor at the Royal Hungarian Military Academy
1938-05-01 1939-01-01 Chief of Section 14/a, Air Office
1939-01-01 1941-03-01 Chief of the General Staff of the Air Force
1941-03-01 1941-10-01 Chief of Section 3/c., Ministry of Defence
1941-10-01 1943-08-10 Commanding Officer Air Training Brigade
1943-08-10 1944-10-16 Inspector of the Air Force,
1943-08-10 1944-10-16 General Officer Commanding 1st Air Division
1944-07-01 1944-10-16 Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force
1944-07-01 1944-10-16 Head of Air Force Bureau, Ministry of Defence,
1944-07-01 1944-10-16 Acting Head of Bureau of Ground Forces, Ministry of Defence
Picture source: Courtesy of Andris J. Kursietis