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Years of service
  
1914–1940


Name
  
Gunter Schwartzkopff

Gunter Schwartzkopff

Died
  
14 May 1940(1940-05-14) (aged 41) Le Chesne, France

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Deutsches Heer (1914–1916) Luftstreitkrafte (1916–1918) Reichswehr (1918–1933) Luftwaffe (1933–1940)

Rank
  
Generalmajor (Posthumously)

Commands held
  
IV. (Stuka)Gruppe/LG 1 Sturzkampfgeschwader 77

Günter Schwartzkopff (5 August 1898 – 14 May 1940) was an officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Schwartzkopff was killed on 14 May 1940 after his Junkers Ju 87 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 November 1940 and later promoted to Generalmajor.

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The Air Force School of the Bundeswehr (Federal Armed Forces) in Hamburg was named General Schwartzkopff barracks in April 1965. The school was renamed in June 1994 to Lieutenant General Graf von Baudissin barracks. A lecture hall was named after him instead.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 November 1940 as Oberst and Geschwaderkommodore of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77

    • References

    Günter Schwartzkopff Wikipedia
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