Karl Angerstein
{{Short description|German general}}
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|name = Karl Angerstein
|birth_date = {{birth-date|4 December 1890}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1985|9|20|1890|12|4|df=y}}
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|image = Generalleutnant Karl Angerstein.jpg
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|allegiance = {{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch = Luftwaffe
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|rank = Generalleutnant
|commands = Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
Kampfgeschwader 1
1st Air Corp
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|awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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Karl Angerstein (4 December 1890 – 20 September 1985) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 1st Air Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards
- German Cross in Gold on 16 July 1942 as Generalmajor in Kampfgeschwader 1Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 16.
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 November 1940 as Oberst and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"Fellgiebel 2000, p. 100.
References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans-title=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
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
- {{Cite book
|last1=Patzwall
|first1=Klaus D.
|last2=Scherzer
|first2=Veit
|year=2001
|title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II
|trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2
|language=German
|location=Norderstedt, Germany
|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall
|isbn=978-3-931533-45-8
}}
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|before=none
|after=Oberstleutnant Georg Edert
|title= Commander of Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
|years=July 1940 – 18 July 1940
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{{succession box
|before=Oberst Josef Kammhuber
|after=Major Herbert Loch
|title= Commander of Kampfgeschwader 1
|years=18 July 1940 – 1 March 1942
}}
{{succession box
|before=Generalleutnant Alfred Mahnke
|after=General der Flieger Paul Deichmann
|title= Commander of I. Fliegerkorps
|years=26 June 1943 – 6 November 1943
}}
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Category:Luftwaffe World War II generals
Category:People from Mühlhausen
Category:Luftstreitkräfte personnel
Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States
Category:20th-century Freikorps personnel
Category:Prussian Army personnel
Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class