Otto Deßloch

Otto Deßloch
Otto Deßloch
Born	11 June 1889(1889-06-11) Bamberg
Died	13 May 1977(1977-05-13) (aged 87) Munich
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer Luftwaffe
Years of service	1910-1945
Rank	Generaloberst
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

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Otto Deßloch (11 June 1889 – 13 May 1977) was a German World War II Luftwaffe general and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Deßloch was born at Bamberg. During World War II Deßloch commanded Luftwaffe units in the Eastern Front. After Paris was liberated by the Allied forces Deßloch commanded an air unit which avenged the liberation by bombing the city destroying civilian targets and killing 200 French civilians on September 1944.^[1]

He died in Munich in 1977.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (20 August 1914)
  • 1st Class (29 September 1915)
• Wound Badge (1914) in Black (15 May 1915)
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe
• Cross of Honor
• Clasp of the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (13 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (24 May 1940)
• Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 24 June 1940 as Generalmajor and commanding general of the II. Flak-Korps^[2]
  • 470th Oak Leaves on 10 May 1944 as Generaloberst and commander in chief of Luftflotte 4^[3]
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 4 August 1943, 9 April 1944, 30 October 1944 and 29 November 1944

References

Citations

1. ^ Mitcham 2007, pp. 185–195.
2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 159.
3. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 82.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Mitcham, Samuel W. Jr. (2007). Retreat to the Reich. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham - Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-20-3.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of Kampfgeschwader 155 1 April 1936 – 1 February 1938	Succeeded by Generalmajor Wilhelm Süssmann
Preceded by none	Commander of II. Flakkorps 30 October 1939 – 31 March 1942	Succeeded by General der Flakartillerie Job Odebrecht
Preceded by Generalfeldmarschall Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen	Commander of Luftflotte 4 4 September 1943 – 17 February 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Alexander Holle
Preceded by Generalleutnant Alexander Holle	Commander of Luftflotte 4 28 September 1944 – 21 April 1945	Succeeded by redesignated to Luftwaffenkommando 4
Preceded by Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim	Commander of Luftflotte 6 27 April 1945 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by disbanded

Persondata
Name	Dessloch, Otto
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	11 June 1889
Place of birth	Bamberg
Date of death	13 May 1977
Place of death	Munich