Wolff von Stutterheim

Graves of Stutterheim, Mölders and Udet (Situation 2013) on the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin

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

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
House Order of Hohenzollern with Knight's Cross and Swords
Pour le Mérite (27 August 1918)
Wound Badge (1918) in Gold
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 3rd Class
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (4 July 1940)

References

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.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Kampfgeschwader 77

Otto Bischoff Johannes Geismann Horst Henning Karl Höflinger Hans-Joachim Jacobi von Wangelin Walter Kipfmüller Dietrich Peltz¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Joachim Pötter Alexander Raab Johann Raithel Heinz Richter Willi Sölter Waldemar Stadermann Wilhelm Stemmler Eberhard Stüwe Wolff von Stutterheim

¹ Knight's Cross with StG 3, Swords as Angriffsführer England.

Recipients of the Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Fedor von Bock Kuno-Hans von Both 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 Siegfried Runge Ferdinand Schörner Wolff von Stutterheim Ernst Udet Horst von Wolff

Names are in alphabetical order

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