Johannes Steinhoff

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German general Luftwaffe pilot fighter ace human military officer

Johannes Steinhoff was a highly decorated German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II who later became a prominent general and key figure in rebuilding the postwar German Air Force and NATO air strategy.

Aliases (1)

Walter Oesau ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German general → Luftwaffe pilot → fighter ace → human → military officer →
aircraftFlown	Focke-Wulf Fw 190 → Messerschmitt Bf 109 → Messerschmitt Me 262 →
allegiance	Federal Republic of Germany → Nazi Germany →
awardReceived	Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold → German Cross in Gold → Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class → Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany →
commanded	Jagdgeschwader 7 "Nowotny" → Jagdgeschwader 77 →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → West Germany →
dateOfBirth	1913-09-15 →
dateOfDeath	1994-02-21 →
heldBy	Allied forces as a prisoner of war →
militaryBranch	Bundeswehr Luftwaffe → Luftwaffe →
name	Johannes Steinhoff →
notableFor	being a leading German fighter ace in World War II → helping rebuild the postwar German Air Force → influencing NATO air strategy during the Cold War →
notableWork	Messerschmitts over Sicily → The Final Hours → Voices from the Third Reich →
numberOfAerialVictories	176 →
occupation	author → fighter pilot → military officer →
placeOfBirth	Bottendorf, Thuringia, German Empire →
placeOfDeath	Bonn, Germany →
positionHeld	Chairman of the NATO Military Committee → Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr) → Inspector of the Air Force (Germany) →
rank	General → General der Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr) →
servedInUnit	Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" → Jagdgeschwader 7 "Nowotny" → Jagdgeschwader 77 →
serviceNumberOfSorties	over 900 combat missions →
spouse	Ursula Steinhoff →
survived	severe burns from a 1945 Me 262 takeoff crash →
wasPrisonerOfWar	yes →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jagdgeschwader 26 → Jagdgeschwader 26 ("Walter Oesau") → Jagdgeschwader 52 →	notableMember
Jagdgeschwader 26 → Jagdgeschwader 52 →	notableCommander
Johannes Steinhoff →	name