OBLESER, Friedrich
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Obleser, Friedrich Date of birth:  February 21st, 1923 (Pottenstein/Baden/Wien, Austria) Date of death:  June 5th, 2004 (Neunkirchen, Germany) Nationality:  Austrian BIOGRAPHY:  Friedrich Obleser flew over 500 combat sorties and scored 120 aerial victories in which 8 were on the Western Front including 2 four-engine bombers. Obleser served from 1956 until 31st March 1983 with the Bundeswehr, where he finally becamen Generalleutnant-Inspekteur der Luftwaffe. He was the last active General in the Bundeswehr with a Ritterkreuz.       LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG Awarded on: November 8th, 1943         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) Unit: III. / Jagdgeschwader 52 Awarded on: November 14th, 1943         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) Unit: Staffelfüher 8. / Jagdgeschwader 52 Awarded on: March 23rd, 1944         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection - Bundeswehr photo: Beyerlein-samlung Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X - Obermeier E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Band 1 Jagdflieger, Verlag Hoffman, Mainz