Keiper, Ludwig (Luftwaffe)
- Date of birth:
- April 23rd, 1894 (Homburg/Rheinland-Pfalz, German Empire)
- Date of death:
- May 24th, 1981 (Munich, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Ludwig Keiper reached the rank of Generalleutnant in 1943 and retired in February 1945. He was captured in 1945 and released in 1947.
Promotions:
February 17th, 1914: Leutnant;
April 18th, 1917: Oberleutnant;
November 1st, 1924: Hauptmann;
April 1st, 1934: Major;
March 1st, 1936: Oberstleutnant;
April 1st, 1938: Oberst;
January 1st, 1941: Generalmajor;
January 1st, 1943: Generalleutnant.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Königlich Sächsischer Albrechtsordens
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse
Mecidiye Nişanı - 4th class
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Deutsches Reiterabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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- Second World War (1939-1945)
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- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
War Victory Cross Order Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Air Vice Marshall)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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