Wolfgang von Chamier-Glisczinski

Wolfgang von Chamier-Glisczinski
Born	(1894-04-16)16 April 1894 Hagen, German Empire
Died	22 August 1943(1943-08-22) (aged 49) near Sisak, Independent State of Croatia
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Rank	Generalleutnant (Posthumously)
Commands	Kampfgeschwader 3
Conflicts	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wolfgang von Chamier-Glisczinski (16 April 1894 – 22 August 1943) was a German general during World War II. He entered the Royal Prussian Army in 1913 and fought and was wounded in World War I, earning the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class, the Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg and the Wound Badge in silver. He was taken prisoner in France. After the war ended, he remained in the peacetime Reichswehr and transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1934. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Chamier-Glisczinski died on 22 August 1943 when his airplane crashed near Sisak, Croatia. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1940 as Oberst and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 3

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 [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.