Friedrich-Wilhelm Otte

Friedrich-Wilhelm Otte
Born	22 September 1898
Died	8 May 1944(1944-05-08) (aged 45) Sevastopol
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	Generalmajor (Posthumously)
Commands held	97th Jäger Division
Battles/wars	Crimean Offensive †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Friedrich-Wilhelm Otte (22 September 1898 – 8 May 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Otte was killed on 8 May 1944 at Sevastopol during the Soviet Crimean Offensive.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 November 1942 as Oberst and commander of Jäger-Regiment 207^[1]

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 Generalleutnant Ernst Rupp	Commander of 97. Jäger-Division 30 May 1943 – 3 June 1943	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Ludwig Müller

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 97th Jäger Division (97th Light Infantry Division)
Stab	Maximilian Fretter-Pico¹ (Oak Leaves) Ludwig Müller² (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim Ernst Rupp
Units	Friedrich-Wilhelm Otte
¹Oak Leaves with XXX Army Corps. ²Oak Leaves with the XXIX Army Corps.

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