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Name
  
Richard Schimpf


Richard Schimpf Generalleutnant Dipl Ing Richard Schimpf Luftwaffe


Born
  
16 May 1897 Eggenfelden (
1897-05-16
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Years of service
  
1915–29 1930–45 1957–62

Rank
  
Generalleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Demyansk Pocket Siege of Leningrad Invasion of Normandy Falaise pocket Battle of the Bulge Operation Lumberjack

Died
  
December 30, 1972, Dusseldorf, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Service/branch
  
German Army (1915–1918)

Commands held
  
21. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division, 3rd Parachute Division

Richard Schimpf (16 May 1897 – 30 December 1972) was a paratroop general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He joined the post war West German Air Force in 1957 and retired in 1962 as a Generalmajor.

Awards and decorations

  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (5 August 1940) & 1st Class (17 February 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 3. Fallschirmjäger Division
  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

    • References

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