Wolff von Stutterheim
Wolff von Stutterheim (17 February 1893 – 3 December 1940) was a German Generalmajor.
Stutterheim was born in Königsberg, Germany. He came from an old military family which produced several generals and seven knights of the order Pour le Mérite. Eleven members of his family fell in action during World War I, including his father and two of his uncles. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite during World War I and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.
Von Stutterheim was severely wounded in aerial combat over France while commanding Kampfgeschwader 77 on 15 June 1940. He died from his wounds in a Berlin hospital on 3 December 1940.
Awards
- Pour le Mérite (27 August 1918)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (4 July 1940)
References
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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Preceded by Oberst Heinrich Seywald |
Commander of Kampfgeschwader 77 14 September 1939 – 20 March 1940 |
Succeeded by Oberst Dr. Johan-Volkmar Fisser |
Preceded by Oberst Dr. Johan-Volkmar Fisser |
Commander of Kampfgeschwader 77 31 May 1940 – 15 June 1940 |
Succeeded by Generalmajor Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch |
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