Wolff von Stutterheim

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

Wolff von Stutterheim
Born	(1893-02-17)17 February 1893 Königsberg, German Empire
Died	3 December 1940(1940-12-03) (aged 47) Berlin, Germany
Buried	Invalids' Cemetery, Berlin
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch	Prussian Army Luftwaffe
Years of service	1912–1920 1935–1940
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	Kampfgeschwader 77
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Pour le Mérite Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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.

Awards

Grave at the Invalidenfriedhof, Berlin.

• Pour le Mérite (27 August 1918)
• Knight of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (31 October 1916)
• Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class in February 1915
• Wound Badge in Gold
• Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (4 July 1940)

References

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Military offices
Preceded by Oberst Heinrich Seywald	Commander of Kampfgeschwader 77 14 September 1939 – 20 March 1940	Succeeded by Oberst Dr. Johan-Volkmar Fisser
Preceded by Oberst Dr. Johan-Volkmar Fisser	Commander of Kampfgeschwader 77 31 May 1940 – 15 June 1940	Succeeded by Generalmajor Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch