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Alfred Keller
Keller as NSFK Korpsführer
Born	(1882-09-19)19 September 1882 Bochum, German Empire
Died	11 February 1974(1974-02-11) (aged 91) West Berlin, West Germany
Buried	Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1902–45
Rank	Generaloberst
Commands held	Luftflotte 1
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Pour le Mérite Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Alfred Keller (19 September 1882 – 11 February 1974) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during the Second World War who commanded the Luftflotte 1. His career in the Imperial German Armed Forces began in 1897; he served as a bomber pilot in World War I.

Keller died in West Berlin. He was buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf.^[1]

Awards

Iron Cross (1914), II. and I. Class
House Order of Hohenzollern, Knights' Cross with Swords
Bavarian Military Merit Order, 4th Class with swords and crown
General Honour Decoration for Bravery (Hesse)
Pilot’s Badge German Empire
Pour le Mérite (4 December 1917)
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class
Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds
Clasp to the Iron Cross II. and I. Class
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 June 1940 as General der Flieger and commanding general of the IV. Fliegerkorps^[2]^[3]
Grand Cross with Swords of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (30 April 1942)^[4]

References

Citations

^ Mende 2018, p. 634.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 435.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 252.
^ Matikkala 2017, p. 516.

Bibliography

Bronnenkant, Lance J. (2019). The Blue Max Airmen: German Airmen Awarded the Pour le Mérite. Vol. 13: Keller, Christiansen, Bongartz. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-71-1.
Cooper, Matthew (1981). The German Air Force 1933–1945: An Anatomy of Failure. New York: Jane's. ISBN 0-531-03733-9.
Corum, James (1997). The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918–1940. Kansas University Press. ISBN 978-0-7006-0836-2.
Corum, James (2008). Wolfram von Richthofen: Master of the German Air War. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1598-8.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer [in German] (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Frieser, Karl-Heinz (2005). The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-294-2.
Hooton, Edward (1994). Phoenix Triumphant: The Rise and Rise of the Luftwaffe. Arms & Armour. ISBN 978-1-85409-181-9.
Hooton, E.R. (1997). Eagle in Flames: The Fall of the Luftwaffe. Weidenfeld Military. ISBN 978-1-85409-343-1.
Hooton, E.R. (2007a). Luftwaffe at War; Gathering Storm 1933–39. Vol. 1. London: Chevron/Ian Allan. ISBN 978-1-903223-71-0.
Hooton, E.R. (2007b). Luftwaffe at War; Blitzkrieg in the West. Vol. 2. London: Chevron/Ian Allan. ISBN 978-1-85780-272-6.
Matikkala, Antti (2017). Kunnian ruletti: Korkeimmat ulkomaalaisille 1941–1944 annetut suomalaiset kunniamerkit [The Roulette of Honour: The Highest Finnish Orders to Foreigners 1941–1944] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. ISBN 978-952-222-847-5.
Mende, Hans-Jürgen (2018). Lexikon Berliner Begräbnisstätten [Lexicon of Berlin Burial Sites] (in German). Berlin, Germany: Pharus-Plan. ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1.
Mitcham, Samuel (2007). Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in World War II. Stackpole. ISBN 978-0-8117-3405-9.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices Preceded byGeneralmajor Hellmuth Bieneck Commander of 4. Flieger-Division 1 February 1939 – 11 October 1939 Succeeded byIV. Fliegerkorps Preceded by4. Flieger-Division Commander of IV. Fliegerkorps 11 October 1939 – 19 August 1940 Succeeded byGeneral der Flieger Kurt Pflugbeil Preceded byGeneral Wilhelm Wimmer Commander of Luftflotte 1 20 August 1940 – 12 June 1943 Succeeded byGeneraloberst Günther Korten

v t e Recipients of the Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Fedor von Bock Kuno-Hans von Both Ernst Busch Hermann Göring Robert Ritter von Greim Siegfried Haenicke Alfred Keller Heinrich Kirchheim Otto Lancelle Bruno Loerzer Theo Osterkamp Johann von Ravenstein Erwin Rommel Karl Rothenburg Ferdinand Schörner Wolff von Stutterheim Ernst Udet
Names are in alphabetical order

v t e German Colonel Generals and General Admirals of Nazi Germany
Colonel General (Generaloberst) of the Army	Wilhelm Adam Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Ludwig Beck Johannes Blaskowitz Eduard Dietl Friedrich Dollmann Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Johannes Frießner Werner von Fritsch Friedrich Fromm Heinz Guderian Curt Haase Franz Halder Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord Josef Harpe Gotthard Heinrici Walter Heitz Carl Hilpert Erich Hoepner Karl-Adolf Hollidt Hermann Hoth Hans-Valentin Hube Erwin Jaenecke Alfred Jodl Georg Lindemann Eberhard von Mackensen Erhard Raus Georg-Hans Reinhardt Lothar Rendulic Richard Ruoff Hans von Salmuth Rudolf Schmidt Eugen Ritter von Schobert Adolf Strauss Karl Strecker Heinrich von Vietinghoff Walter Weiß Kurt Zeitzler
Colonel General (Generaloberst) of the Luftwaffe	Otto Deßloch Ulrich Grauert Hans Jeschonnek Alfred Keller Günther Korten Bruno Loerzer Alexander Löhr Günther Rüdel Kurt Student Hans-Jürgen Stumpff Ernst Udet Hubert Weise
General Admiral (Generaladmiral) of the Kriegsmarine	Conrad Albrecht Hermann Boehm Rolf Carls Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Oskar Kummetz Wilhelm Marschall Alfred Saalwächter Otto Schniewind Otto Schultze Walter Warzecha Karl Witzell
Oberst-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS	Sepp Dietrich Paul Hausser

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