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Herbert Rieckhoff

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Years of service
  
1915–20 1934–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant

Name
  
Herbert Rieckhoff



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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Invasion of Yugoslavia Battle of Greece Battle of Crete Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Siege of Leningrad

Other work
  
Police officer, Author "Trumpf oder Bluff? 12 Jahre Deutsche Luftwaffe" Published by Inter Avia, Geneva, 1945

Died
  
November 30, 1948, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France, Battle of Britain

Service/branch
  
German Army (1915–1918), Reichswehr (1918–1920), Luftwaffe (1934–1945)

Commands held
  
Kampfgeschwader 30, Kampfgeschwader 2

Herbert Rieckhoff (25 December 1898 – 30 November 1948) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 July 1941 as Oberst and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 2
  • German Cross in Gold on 27 July 1943 as Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) of Luftflotte 1

    • References

    Herbert Rieckhoff Wikipedia
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