Otto Deßloch

Otto Dessloch (11 June 1889 – 13 May 1977) was a German World War II Luftwaffe general and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Dessloch was born at Bamberg. During World War II Dessloch commanded Luftwaffe units in the Eastern Front. After Paris was liberated by the Allied forces Dessloch commanded an air unit which avenged the liberation by bombing the city destroying civilian targets and killing 200 French civilians on September 1944.

The Yad Vashem Memorial in Israel says, Otto Dessloch is a war criminal.

He died in Munich in 1977.

Awards

 * Iron Cross (1914)
 * 2nd Class (20 August 1914)
 * 1st Class (29 September 1915)
 * Wound Badge (1914) in Black (15 May 1915)
 * Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe
 * Cross of Honor
 * Clasp of the Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (13 May 1940)
 * 1st Class (24 May 1940)
 * Pilot/Observer Badge in Gold with Diamonds
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
 * Knight's Cross on 24 June 1940 as Generalmajor and commanding general of the II. Flak-Korps
 * 470th Oak Leaves on 10 May 1944 as Generaloberst and commander in chief of Luftflotte 4
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 4 August 1943, 9 April 1944, 30 October 1944 and 29 November 1944