Otto Weiß

Infobox Military Person
name=Otto Weiß
born=birth date|1907|9|25|df=y
died=death date and age|1955|8|19|1907|9|25|df=y


placeofbirth=Breslau
placeofdeath=Kiel
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Luftwaffe
serviceyears=1926-1945
rank=Generalmajor
commands=SG 1
unit=
battles=World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Battle of France
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Otto Weiß (25 September 1907 – 25 September 1955) was a German World War II Luftwaffe Stuka pilot and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (15 September 1939)
** 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (18 May 1940)
** 52. Oak Leaves (31 December 1941) as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of II.(S)/LG 2

References

* Brütting, Georg. "Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 - 1945". Motorbuch, Stuttgart, 1992. ISBN 3-87943-433-6.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.