Alfred Gerstenberg

Alfred Gerstenberg
Alfred Gerstenberg in Bucharest, May 1943
Born6 April 1893
Grainau, German Empire
Died1 January 1959(1959-01-01) (aged 65)
Bad Tölz, West Germany
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1926)
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchPrussian Army (1912–16)
Luftstreitkräfte (1916–18)
Reichsheer (1918–34)
Luftwaffe (1934–45)
Years of service1912–26
1934–45
RankGeneralleutnant
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II

Alfred Gerstenberg (6 April 1893, in Grainau – 1 January 1959, in Bad Tölz) was a German Luftwaffe general. During World War II, he served as commanding general of the Luftwaffe mission to Romania and organized a very effective defensive perimeter around oil fields in Ploiești.