Career
Diploma-Ing. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. In March 1945 Richard Schimpf surrendered to American troops at Bad Godesberg, handing the city over without a shot being fired. He was transferred to British custody until December 1947.
He joined the post war Luftwaffe in 1957 and retired in 1962 as a Generalmajor.
(5 August 1940) (17 February 1941) Bibliography.
