Richard Schimpf

Richard Schimpf
Born	(1897-05-16)16 May 1897
Died	30 December 1972(1972-12-30) (aged 75)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany West Germany
Service / branch	Luftwaffe German Air Force
Rank	Generalleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Commands	21st Luftwaffe Field Division 3rd Parachute Division
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Richard Schimpf (16 May 1897 – 30 December 1972) was a paratroop general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. On 8 March 1945, he negotiated a surrender to American troops at Bad Godesberg, handing himself and the city over without a shot being fired. He joined the post war West German Air Force in 1957 and retired in 1962 as a Generalmajor.

Awards and decorations

• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (5 August 1940) & 1st Class (17 February 1941)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 3. Fallschirmjäger Division
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1986). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1461-8.