Friedrich Kless

Friedrich Kless

Born	(1906-10-07)7 October 1906 Bayreuth, Germany
Died	6 April 1994(1994-04-06) (aged 87)
Allegiance	Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichswehr (1925–33) Heer (1933–38) Luftwaffe (1938–45)
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	II./Kampfgeschwader 55
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Friedrich Kless (7 October 1906 – 6 April 1994) was a German general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 October 1940 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 55^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 12 January 1943 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) of Luftwaffen-Kommando Ost^[2]

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.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 [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] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Oberleutnant Otto von Lachemair	Gruppenkommandeur of II./Kampfgeschwader 55 28 July 1940 – 28 October 1940	Succeeded by Major Hans-Joachim Gabriel

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif"

Wilhelm Antrup (Oak Leaves) Friedrich Kless Ernst Kühl (Oak Leaves) Horst Rudat Alois Stoeckl Hans Thurner (Oak Leaves)

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