Zealand Brigade. Student was sentenced to five years of imprisonment but was given an early discharge in 1948 for medical reasons. He died in 1978, the last surviving Luftwaffe Generaloberst. Promotions Fahnrich (3 March 1910) Leutnant (20 March 1911) Oberleutnant (18 June 1915) Hauptmann (20 June 1918) Major (1 January 1930) Oberstleutnant (1 January 1934) Oberst (1 October 1935) Generalmajor (1 April 1938) Generalleutnant (1 January 1940) General der Flieger (29 May 1940) Generaloberst (13 July 1944) Awards Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (26 September 1914) 1st Class (29 August 1915) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) 1st Class (20 September 1939) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 12 May 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 7. Flieger-Division (Fallschirmjäger). 305th Oak Leaves on 27 September 1943 as General der Flieger and commander of XI. Flieger-Korps (Luft-lande-Korps) Pilot/Observer Badge in Gold with Diamonds (2 September 1941) References Citations Bibliography Farrar-Hockley, General Sir Anthony. Student, Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: War Leader #15. Ballantine's, 1973. . Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918''. Grub Street, 1993. , . |- |- |- |- |- 1890 births 1978 deaths Luftwaffe World War II generals Luftstreitkräfte personnel Fallschirmjäger of World War II German World War I flying aces People from the Province of Brandenburg Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Battle of Crete Crete in World War II Prussian Army personnel Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Colonel generals of the Luftwaffe Luftwaffe personnel convicted of war crimes People from Świebodzin County German glider pilots