Kurt Pflugbeil

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Years of service 1910–45 Rank General der Flieger		Name Kurt Pflugbeil

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIAnnexation of the SudetenlandBattle of FranceBattle of BritainInvasion of YugoslaviaOperation BarbarossaSiege of Sevastopol (1941-1942)Battle of StalingradBattle of KurskCourland Pocket Relations Johann Pflugbeil (brother) Died May 31, 1955, Gottingen, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Battle of France, Battle of Britain Service/branch German Army (1910–1918) Commands held 4th Air Corps, Luftflotte 1 Similar People Alfred Keller, Hans‑Jurgen Stumpff, Wolfram Freiherr von Richt, Alexander Lohr, Hans Jeschonnek

Kurt Leopold Pflugbeil (9 May 1890 – 31 May 1955) was a German general (General der Flieger) in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded 4th Air Corps and Luftflotte 1. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Pflugbeil commanded the 4th Air Corps during the Second Battle of Kharkov, Battle of Stalingrad and Siege of Sevastopol. He surrendered to the Red Army in the Courland Pocket in 1945. In 1950 he was sentenced to 25 in a labour camp. Pflugbeil was released in 1954.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 September 1914) & 1st Class (7 October 1916)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (7 October 1939) & 1st Class (15 June 1940)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 5 October 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of IV. Fliegerkorps

562nd Oak Leaves on 27 August 1944 as General der Flieger and commander of Luftflotte 1

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