from 5 October 1944. On 1 May 1945, Sperrle was arrested by the British Army and became a prisoner of war. Later life and trial Sperrle was captured by the Allies and charged with war crimes in the High Command Trial at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials but was acquitted. He was again acquitted in June 1949 following a second hearing before a court in Munich. The court concluded that Sperrle had never been a member of the Nazi Party nor one of its affiliate organizations. After the war, he lived quietly and died in Munich on 2 April 1953. He was buried at the village cemetery in Thaining, Bavaria. Summary of career Awards Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd Class Military Merit Order (Württemberg) Military Merit Order (Bavaria) 4th Class with Swords Order from the Grand Duke of Baden Orden vom Zähringer Löwen (de) Knights Cross 2nd Class with Swords and oak leafs House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st to 4th Class Pilot/Observer Badge, In Gold with Diamonds]] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 May 1940 as General der Flieger and chief of Luftflotte 3 Dates of rank Notes References Citations Bibliography External links "Sperrle, Hugo" in the Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Normandy 1944 1885 births 1953 deaths 20th-century Freikorps personnel Condor Legion personnel Luftstreitkräfte personnel Luftwaffe World War II field marshals People acquitted by the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals People from Ludwigsburg People from the Kingdom of Württemberg People indicted for war crimes Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War Military personnel from Baden-Württemberg