Walter Lehweß-Litzmann

{{Short description|German officer and Knight's Cross recipient}}

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Walter Lehweß-Litzmann

|birth_date= 5 June 1907, Bromberg

|death_date={{death date and age|1986|9|16|1907|6|5|df=y}}

|birth_place=

|death_place=

|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-150-67, Walter Lehweß-Litzmann.jpg

|image_size=150px

|caption=Lehweß-Litzmann in 1942/43

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|allegiance={{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
{{flag|East Germany}}

|branch=Luftwaffe
National People's Army
Air Forces of the National People's Army

|serviceyears=1925–1945
1952–1959

|rank=Oberst

|commands=Kampfgeschwader 3

|unit=KG 1, KG 3, Luftflotte 5

|battles=World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

|relations=Karl Litzmann (grandfather)

|laterwork=Interflug airline}}

Walter Lehweß-Litzmann (5 June 1907 – 16 September 1986) was a Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After the war he served in the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic, in 1955 CIA identified him as the deputy commander in charge of training for what would become Air Forces of the National People's Army the next year,https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006700620002-1.pdf, page 30 later worked for the East German airline Interflug.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold on 16 September 1942 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab of Luftflotte 5Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 274.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1943 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 3.Scherzer 2007, p. 499.

References

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{{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

}}

{{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives

|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}