Rüdiger von Heyking

Rüdiger von Heyking (10 January 1894 – 18 February 1956) was a German officer and Lieutenant General of the Luftwaffe during World War II.

He joined the cadet corps in 1914 as second lieutenant in the 85th Infantry Regiment "Duke of Holstein".

At the outbreak of the First World War, Heyking served on the Western Front where he first trained as and then was appointed company commander.

He and two other general officers were captured in September of that year in Mons, Belgium during the German retreat from France.

[1] He spent part of his captivity in Trent Park, a specially supervised internment camp for high-ranking officers.