Otto Weiß (pilot)

This article is about the Luftwaffe fighter pilot. For the German figure skater, see Otto Weiß (figure skater).

Otto Weiß
Otto Weiß
Born	25 September 1907(1907-09-25) Breslau
Died	19 August 1955(1955-08-19) (aged 47) Kiel
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1926-1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	SG 1
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France
Awards	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

Otto Weiß (25 September 1907 – 19 August 1955) was a German World War II Luftwaffe Stuka pilot and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). 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.

Otto Weiß died in Kiel on 19 August 1955 following a lengthy illness.^[1]

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (4 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (15 September 1939)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 18 May 1940 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II.(S)/LG 2
  • 52nd Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the II.(S)/LG 2

References

Citations

1. ^ Kurowski 1996, p. 160.

Bibliography

• 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.
• Kurowski, Franz. Luftwaffe Aces. Winnipeg: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc., 1996. ISBN 0-921991-31-2.
• Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939-1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-021-4.
• 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

Military of Germany portal

• "Otto Weiß" (in German) (PDF). Ritterkreuzträger. http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rkel/w/EL052Weiss-Otto.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2011. 
• "Otto Weiß". World war 2 Awards. http://www.ww2awards.com/person/13334. Retrieved 31 October 2011. 

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of Schlachtgeschwader 1 January 1942 – 18 June 1942	Succeeded by Oberleutnant Hubertus Hitschhold

Persondata
Name	Weiss, Otto
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	25 September 1907
Place of birth	Breslau
Date of death	19 August 1955
Place of death	Kiel