Ludwig Schulz
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Ludwig Schulz
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Born | 4 August 1896 Lissa |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Mülheim |
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Deutsches Heer (1914–18) Reichswehr (1918–20) Luftwaffe (1935–45) |
Years of service | 1914–20 1935–45 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Commands held | I./Kampfgeschwader 76 |
Battles/wars | World War I
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Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Ludwig Schulz (4 August 1896 – 10 December 1966) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. 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. Ludwig Schulz was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was released in 1947.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Sudetenland Medal
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (8 July 1940)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 16 August 1940 as Major and commander of I./Kampfgeschwader 76[2]
- 747th Oak Leaves on 19 February 1945 as Generalmajor and of a Kampfgruppe in the Luftkriegsschule 5[3]
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External links
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Ludwig Schulz @ Axis Biographical Research at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2009)
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Preceded by
Oberst Stefan Fröhlich
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Gruppenkommandeur of I.Kampfgeschwader 76 November 1939 – 2 June 1940 |
Succeeded by Hauptmann Alois Lindmayr |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Kampfgeschwader 76
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1 Oak Leaves with Kampfgeschwader 54. 2 Oak Leaves with a Kampfgruppe in the Luftkriegsschule 5. 3 Oak Leaves with Schnellkampfgeschwader 210.
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- 1896 births
- 1966 deaths
- People from Leszno
- Luftwaffe World War II generals
- People from the Province of Posen
- Luftstreitkräfte personnel
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- German prisoners of war
- World War II prisoners of war held by the United States
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Major generals of the Luftwaffe
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