Erich Petersen
Erich Karl Alexander Petersen (25 August 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a German general during the Second World War, serving as Commander of the 7. Flieger-Division, Commanding General of the IV. Luftwaffe-Field-Corps, and Commanding General of the LXXXX Army-Corps, before being captured, tried and acquitted of war crimes by the French, from 8 May 1945 – 18 January 1950.[1]
Decorations & Awards
- German Cross in Gold: on 2 April 1942 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 7. Flieger-Division
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Wound Badge (1918) in Black
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
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