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Kurt Pflugbeil
Born
9 May 1890 Königstein, Saxony, German Empire
Died
31 May 1955(1955-05-31) (aged 65) Göttingen, West Germany
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Luftwaffe
Rank
General der Flieger
Commands held
4th Air Corps Luftflotte 1
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Relations
Johann Pflugbeil (brother)
Kurt Leopold Pflugbeil (9 May 1890 – 31 May 1955) was a German general (General der Flieger) in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded 4th Air Corps and Luftflotte 1. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Pflugbeil commanded the 4th Air Corps during the Second Battle of Kharkov, Battle of Stalingrad and Siege of Sevastopol. He surrendered to the Red Army in the Courland Pocket in 1945. In 1950 he was sentenced to 25 years in a labour camp. Pflugbeil was released in 1954.
Kurt Leopold Pflugbeil (9 May 1890 – 31 May 1955) was a German general (General der Flieger) in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded 4th Air...
Fliegerkorps V (under Robert Ritter von Greim) and Fliegerkorps IV (under KurtPflugbeil). The Air Fleet and Army Group were responsible for capturing Kiev,...
54). It was given the complete fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3). KurtPflugbeil and Fliegerkorps IV contained, II./ Kampfgeschwader 4 (KG 4), Kampfgeschwader...
Johann Pflugbeil (24 August 1882 – 21 October 1951) was a German general during World War II. During 1941 and 1942, he commanded the 221st Security Division...
given two further air corps—VI. Fliegerkorps under Generalleutnant KurtPflugbeil and V. Fliegerkorps under General Greim was retained; eight bomber wings...
which already contained 4th Air Corps, under the command of General KurtPflugbeil, and Fliegerführer Süd (Flying Command South), a small anti-shipping...
(1884–1966) Walter Musshoff (1885–1971) Erich Petersen (1889–1963) KurtPflugbeil (1890–1955) Maximilian Ritter von Pohl (1893–1951) Richard Putzier (1890–1979)...
Generaloberst Günther Korten, 12 June 1943 – 23 August 1943 General KurtPflugbeil, 24 August 1943 – 16 April 1945 Generalmajor Wilhelm Speidel, 1 February...
Fliegerkorps 11 October 1939 – 19 August 1940 Succeeded by General der Flieger KurtPflugbeil Preceded by General Wilhelm Wimmer Commander of Luftflotte 1 20 August...
May. It operated under the Fliegerkorps IV commanded by KurtPflugbeil. On 18 May Pflugbeil's command destroyed 130 tanks and 500 other vehicles. The...
Kampfgruppen were also made available by the 4th Air Corps of General KurtPflugbeil. The corps operated from newly built airfields as Richthofen had the...
Unit Airfield Commanding Officer IV. Fliegerkorps (Generalleutnant KurtPflugbeil), Dinard Lehrgeschwader 1 (Oberstleutnant Alfred Bülowius) Orléans/Bricy...
to Romania and subordinated to IV. Fliegerkorps under the command of KurtPflugbeil. The battle group was designated as close air support to Army Group...
Military offices Preceded by General der Flieger KurtPflugbeil Commander of IV. Fliegerkorps 4 September 1943 – 16 September 1944 Succeeded by Reformed...
on Stalingrad, with the air support missions in the Caucasus under KurtPflugbeil's Fliegerkorps IV and at the Voronezh battle being given a lower priority...
German summer offensive aimed and capturing the Caucasus oilfields. KurtPflugbeil, commanding IV Fliegerkorps, ordered KG 55 and his bomber groups to...
aerial victories. The presentation was made by General der Flieger KurtPflugbeil at an airfield in Libau, present-day Liepāja, on 9 December. On 9 February...
expanse of the Black Sea. Richthofen pooled his resources with Wild and KurtPflugbeil's Fliegerkorps IV. This gave the Luftwaffe some 600 aircraft to support...
September 1944 after 112 victories. The presentation was made by General KurtPflugbeil. On 1 October 1944, Wernicke was appointed Staffelkapitän of the 1....
Kurzwelly Paul Laux Felix von Luckner Oswald Lutz Friedrich Olbricht Johann Pflugbeil Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl Gustav Schreck Ernst von Schuch Johann Gottfried...
Global Information
Nazi Germany