Kurt Pflugbeil Explained

Kurt Pflugbeil
Birth Date:9 May 1890
Birth Place:Königstein, Saxony, German Empire
Death Place:Göttingen, West Germany
Branch:Luftwaffe
Rank:General der Flieger
Commands:4th Air Corps
Luftflotte 1
Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Relations:Johann Pflugbeil (brother)

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 years in a labour camp. Pflugbeil was released in 1954.

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Bibliography

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Notes and References

  1. Thomas 1998, p. 151.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 74.