Wolff von Stutterheim

German general

Wolff von Stutterheim

Born| (1893-02-17)17 February 1893
Königsberg, German Empire
Died| 3 December 1940(1940-12-03) (aged 47)
Berlin, Germany
Buried|

Invalids' Cemetery, Berlin

Allegiance| German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Service / branch| Prussian Army
Luftwaffe
Years of service| 1912–1920
1935–1940
Rank| Generalmajor
Commands| Kampfgeschwader 77
Battles / wars| World War I
World War II
Awards| Pour le Mérite
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wolff von Stutterheim (17 February 1893 – 3 December 1940) was a German Generalmajor.

Stutterheim was born in Königsberg, Germany. He came from an old military family which produced several generals and seven knights of the order Pour le Mérite. Eleven members of his family fell in action during World War I, including his father and two of his uncles. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite during World War I and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.

Von Stutterheim was severely wounded in aerial combat over France while commanding Kampfgeschwader 77 on 15 June 1940. He died from his wounds in a Berlin hospital on 3 December 1940.

## Awards

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Grave at the Invalidenfriedhof, Berlin.

* Pour le Mérite (27 August 1918)
* Knight of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (31 October 1916)
* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class in February 1915
* Wound Badge in Gold
* Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (4 July 1940)

## References

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* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Military offices

Preceded by

Oberst Heinrich Seywald

|  Commander of Kampfgeschwader 77
14 September 1939 – 20 March 1940  | Succeeded by

Oberst Dr. Johan-Volkmar Fisser

Preceded by

Oberst Dr. Johan-Volkmar Fisser

|  Commander of Kampfgeschwader 77
31 May 1940 – 15 June 1940  | Succeeded by

Generalmajor Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch

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* Ernst Busch
* Hermann Göring
* Robert Ritter von Greim
* Siegfried Haenicke
* Alfred Keller
* Heinrich Kirchheim
* Otto Lancelle
* Bruno Loerzer
* Theo Osterkamp
* Johann von Ravenstein
* Erwin Rommel
* Karl Rothenburg
* Ferdinand Schörner
* Wolff von Stutterheim
* Ernst Udet

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