Otto Hoffmann von Waldau
Appearance
Otto Hoffmann von Waldau | |
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Born | 7 July 1898 |
Died | 17 May 1943 | (aged 44)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Luftwaffe |
Rank | General der Flieger |
Commands | 10th Air Corps |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Otto Hoffmann von Waldau (7 July 1898 – 17 May 1943) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 10th Air Corps. He was killed in an air crash on 17 May 1943.
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 June 1942 as Generalleutnant and Fliegerführer Afrika[1]
References
Citations
- ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 399.
Bibliography
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Categories:
- Luftwaffe pilots
- 1898 births
- 1943 deaths
- People from Kluczbork
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Prussian Army personnel
- People from the Province of Silesia
- Luftwaffe World War II generals
- Reichswehr personnel
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Bulgaria
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- Generals of Aviators
- German Air Force personnel stubs