Gerhard Limberg

Gerhard Limberg
Gerhard Limberg 1978 with the Chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Schmidt
Born	(1920-07-07)7 July 1920 Eidinghausen
Died	23 March 2006(2006-03-23) (aged 85)
Allegiance	Germany
Service/branch	German Air Force
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	Inspector of the Air Force

Gerhard Limberg (7 July 1920 in Eidinghausen near Minden – 23 March 2006) was a German Air Force general. He was Inspector of the Air Force, the senior air force appointment, from 1974 to 1978.

Awards

German Cross in Gold on 20 March 1944 as Leutnant in the III./Schlachtgeschwader 4^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 279.

Bibliography

Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.

External links

Der Spiegel - Gerhard Limberg (German)

Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Walter Krupinski	Commander of 3. Luftwaffendivision (Bundeswehr) 1 October 1971 – 30 September 1972	Succeeded by Generalmajor Ernst-Dieter Bernhard
Preceded by Generalleutnant Günther Rall	Inspector of the Air Force 1 April 1974 – 30 September 1978	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Friedrich Obleser

Inspectors of the German Air Force

Josef Kammhuber Werner Panitzki Johannes Steinhoff Günther Rall Gerhard Limberg Friedrich Obleser Eberhard Eimler Horst Jungkurth Jörg Kuebart Bernhard Mende Rolf H. Portz Gerhard W. Back Klaus Peter Stieglitz Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik Karl Müllner

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