Background
Stutterheim was born in Königsberg, Germany.
Stutterheim was born in Königsberg, Germany.
He came from an old military family which produced several generals and seven knights of the order Pour le Mérite. von Stutterheim was severely wounded in aerial combat over France while commanding Kampfgeschwader 77 on 15 June 1940. He died from his wounds in a Berlin hospital on 3 December 1940.