Stollberger, Kurt Bernhard Eduard Fedor (LW)

Date of birth:: April 9th, 1906 (Amberg, Germany)
Date of death:: April 16th, 1944 (near Priseaca, region Slatina/Pitesti, Romania)
Buried on:: War Cemetery "Pro Patria" Bucharest
Plot: F. Row: 10. Grave: 139.
Nationality:: German

Biography

01.04.1924: entered service with the Heer (Infanterie)
01.03.1934: transferred to the Luftwaffe and sent to Fliegerschule Braunschweig for Beobachter (observer) training
01.10.1934: transferred to Aufklärungsstaffel Grossenhain and appointed radio officer 03.01.31.01.1935: ordered temporary duty to Ln.-Schule Halle - radio and navigation course
01.02.1936: appointed Kompanie-Chef at LKS Dresden
21.12.1936: received the Lw. Beobachter license
01.03.1938: appointed Staka in Aufkl.Gr. 13 - Göppingen
01.04.1939: appointed Referent in 4.Abt./ Generalstab der Luftwaffe
24.11.1939: Hauptmann, Chef Gen.Qu./4. Abt./ Gruppe I Referent Ib (Einsatz d. Flugh.Betr.Kpn.)/ Gen.St.d.Lw.
01.03.-08.06.1940: Generalstab training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow - 2. Kurz-Lehrgang
09.06.1940: returned to Gen.Qu.(4.Abt.)/ Genst.d.Lw.
01.11.1940: transferred to Stab/ Koluft AOK 16
08.01.1941: transferred to Abt. Qu. 1 in Stab/ Luftflotte 4
01.05.1941: transferred into the Generalstab d.Lw.
01.01.1942: Major i.G., with the Qu 1 of Stab/ Luftflotte 4
01.03.1942: appointed Kdr. Aufklärungsgruppe beim AOK 6
08.06.-30.09.1942: Major i.G., appointed Kdr. NahAufklärungsGruppe 7
01.10.1942: appointed Qu. in Stab./ VIII. Fliegerkorps
1942-1943: during the battle for Stalingrad Major and Quartiermeister des VIII. Fliegerkorps
01.04.1943: Qu. in Stab./ VIII. Fliegerkorps,promoted to Oberstleutnant
26.07.1943: awarded the DKiS
07.08.-20.08.1943: Oberstleutnant, appointed O. Qu./ Luftflotte 1
21.08.1943: appointed O.Qu./ Lw.-Kdo. Südost
16.04.1944: Oberstleutnant i.G. der Luftwaffe und Quartiermeister des Luftwaffen-Kommando Südost, O.Qu./Lw.-Kdo. Südost KIA ivo Priseaca - 13 km NE of Slatina, near the road Slatina - Pitesti in Romania when his courier aircraft was shot down by an American fighter - Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Schlereth and Major Otto Wichmann were KIA too.
Buried in Bucharest.
post mortem promoted to Oberst i.G.