Career
This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Military He was an engineering student in Mannheim before World War I began. Vallendor joined the 114th Infantry Regiment of the German Army on 16 October 1914. He was promoted to Gefreiter on 19 May 1915.
He was awarded the Second Class on 29 July 1915.
A promotion to Vizefeldwebel followed on 5 December 1915. He then was raised from the enlisted ranks, being commissioned as a leutnant in the reserves on 24 December 1915.
He transferred to aviation duty and began pilot"s training with Federal Energy Administration 5 on 16 October 1916. When he completed pilot"s school, he exited training for Armee Flugpark 2 on 19 February 1917.
In May 1917, he went to FA 23 to fly two-seaters.
He soon left that detachment, to begin attending fighter pilot"s school on 24 June 1917. He was then posted to a fighter unit, Jagdstaffel 2 on 5 July 1917. As was pretty much customary in German military aviation of the time, Vallendor had his aircraft emblazoned in his personal insignia.
In his case, the marking was a huge white "V" on the fuselage.
When he used a Fokker Triplane, he also had the "V" painted on its top wing. Vallendor received the Order of the Zähringer Lion from his native Baden on 14 December 1917.
He was awarded the First Class on 7 March 1918 and went on to score five more victories before war"s education
