Hermann Plocher

Hermann Plocher
Born	(1901-01-05)5 January 1901 Stuttgart
Died	8 December 1980(1980-12-08) (aged 79) Murrhardt
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)
Years of service	1918–45 1957–45
Rank	Generalleutnant Generalmajor
Battles/wars	World War I Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Hermann Lukas Plocher (5 January 1901 – 8 December 1980) was a Luftwaffe commander during World War II and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipient. 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.

Awards

• Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (5 June 1940)
• Combined Pilots-Observation Badge
• German Cross in Cross on 9 April 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) in the V. Flieger-Korps
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 22 November 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 4. Flieger-Division
  • 867th Oak Leaves on 8 May 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 6. Fallschirmjäger-Division

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

External links

• "Hermann Plocher". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 8 September 2011.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
• "Hermann Plocher". Geocities (in German). Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 8 September 2011.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

Military offices
Preceded by General Alfred Schlemm	Commander of 1. Flieger-Division 1 October 1942 – 31 October 1942	Succeeded by General Alfred Bülowius
Preceded by Generalmajor Josef Punzert	Commander of 4. Flieger-Division 1 July 1943 – 25 August 1943	Succeeded by Oberst Franz Reuß
Preceded by Oberstleutnant Harry Herrmann	Commander of 6. Fallschirmjäger-Division 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by disbanded
Preceded by —	Commander of 2. Luftverteidigungsdivision(Bundeswehr) 1958 – December 1960	Succeeded by Brigadegeneral Werner Eugen Hoffmann