Wolff von Stutterheim explained

Wolff von Stutterheim
Birth Date:17 February 1893
Birth Place:Königsberg, Germany
Death Place:Berlin, Germany
Placeofburial:Invalids' Cemetery, Berlin
Allegiance:German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch:Prussian Army
Luftwaffe
Serviceyears:1912–1920
1935–1940
Rank:Generalmajor
Commands:Kampfgeschwader 77
Battles: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.

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References

. 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.