1 Oct 1934
- Georg von Bismarck became the commanding officer of a motorized reconnissance unit. ww2dbase [Georg von Bismarck | CPC]
- Adolf Galland was commissioned Leutnant, and was posted to Fighter Instructor JFS (fighter pilots school), Schleissheim, Germany. ww2dbase [Adolf Galland | AC]
- Wolfgang Falck was promoted to the rank of Leutnant and was retired from the German Army for transfer to the secret German air force. ww2dbase [Wolfgang Falck | CPC]
- Walter Dornberger was given command of a powder rocket training battery at Königsbrück, Germany. ww2dbase [Walter Dornberger | Königsbrück, Sachsen | CPC]
- Albatros was made the flagship of 2nd Torpedo Boat Half-Flotilla based in Swinemünde, Germany (now Swinoujscie, Poland). ww2dbase [Albatros | Swinemünde, Pommern | CPC]
- Benjamin Kelsey was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. ww2dbase [Benjamin Kelsey | CPC]
- Mahan-class destroyer Shaw was laid down at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States alongside sister-ship Cassin. ww2dbase [Philadelphia Navy Yard | Shaw | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | DS]
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