1. Friedrich-Erich Obleser was a German general in the Bundeswehr.
19 Facts About Friedrich Obleser
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Friedrich Obleser was born on 21 February 1923 in Pottenstein in the district of Baden in Lower Austria in Austria.
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Friedrich Obleser flew his first combat mission on 12 January 1943 on the Eastern Front.
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Friedrich Obleser received the Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 8 November 1943 and the German Cross in Gold six days later.
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Friedrich Obleser was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 March 1944 following his 80th aerial victory.
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Hartmann asked Rall to have Friedrich Obleser transferred to be Hartmann's wingman for a while.
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Friedrich Obleser became a witness on some of Hartmann's claims and no longer questioned Hartmann's claims.
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On 21 July 1944, Friedrich Obleser was credited with his 100th aerial victory.
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Friedrich Obleser was the 87th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.
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Friedrich Obleser toyed around with a Panzerfaust, a recoil-less anti-tank weapon, in an attempt to increase its firing range.
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Friedrich Obleser did not see any further action before the end of the war in May 1945.
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Friedrich Obleser was temporarily replaced by Leutnant Karl Gratz until Leutnant Viktor Petermann officially succeeded Obleser on 7 January 1945 as commander of 10.
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Friedrich Obleser then became head of an industrial application department in the private industry.
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In 1956, Friedrich Obleser continued his military career, joining the German Air Force of West Germany as a Hauptmann.
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Friedrich Obleser then held the position of system officer for the multirole combat aircraft within the German Air Staff.
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Friedrich Obleser then was appointed general manager of the NATO MRCA Management Agency.
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Friedrich Obleser then served as chief of the Air Force Office and commanding general of the Air Force Support Command.
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Friedrich Obleser had stated that, due to the latest defense budget cut, the German Air Force could only partially fulfill its obligations.
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Friedrich Obleser died of natural causes on 5 June 2004 in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, at 81 years of age.