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Hubertus Hitschhold
Hubertus Hitschhold (7 July 1912 – 10 March 1966) was a German general and ground-attack pilot during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Hitschhold joined the military service in the Reichswehr in 1930 and was selected for flight training. Part of his training took place in Lipetsk, Soviet Union, where he was trained as a fighter pilot. He transferred to the newly formed Luftwaffe in 1935. In 1936 he
He was put in charge of diver-bomber training at the unit leadership school for bomber pilots () at Foggia in Italy. For his previous achievements as a pilot accumulated during roughly 250 combat missions, Peltz was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ()on 31 December 1941. The 46th member of the Wehrmacht so honored. The presentation, together with "Major" Otto Weiß and "Major" Hubertus Hitschhold, was made at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg,