Julius von Bernuth explained

Julius von Bernuth
Birth Date:12 August 1897
Birth Place:Metz
Rank:Generalmajor
Branch:Army
Battles:World War I
World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Julius Hans Camillo Friedrich Leo Ludwig von Bernuth (12 August 1897 – 12 July 1942) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who served during World War II.

He was an early Nazi supporter and was a participant in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. He was later awarded the Blood Order.

On 12 July 1942, while flying in a Fieseler Storch from Army headquarters to XXXX Army Corps headquarters, his aircraft disappeared. Searchers found his remains in the wreckage of the plane at Sumy, on 14 July 1942. He was buried near Stalingrad.

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  1. Scherzer 2007, p. 217.