Wolff von Stutterheim

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Wolff von Stutterheim
Born(1893-02-17)17 February 1893
Died3 December 1940(1940-12-03) (aged 47)
Buried
AllegianceGerman Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
BranchPrussian Army
Luftwaffe
Service years1912–1920
1935–1940
RankGeneralmajor
CommandsKampfgeschwader 77
ConflictsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsPour le Mérite
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wolff von Stutterheim (17 February 1893 – 3 December 1940) was a German Generalmajor.

Stutterheim was born in Königsberg, Germany. He came from an old military family which produced several generals and seven knights of the order Pour le Mérite. Eleven members of his family fell in action during World War I, including his father and two of his uncles. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite during World War I and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.

Von Stutterheim was severely wounded in aerial combat over France while commanding Kampfgeschwader 77 on 15 June 1940. He died from his wounds in a Berlin hospital on 3 December 1940.

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File:Stutterheim.jpg
Grave at the Invalidenfriedhof, Berlin.

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