Alfred Gerstenberg

Alfred Gerstenberg
Alfred Gerstenberg in Bucharest, May 1943
Born	6 April 1893 Grainau, German Empire
Died	1 January 1959(1959-01-01) (aged 65) Bad Tölz, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1926)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Prussian Army (1912–18) Reichsheer (1918–26) Luftwaffe (1934–45)
Years of service	1912–26 1934–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Battles/wars	World War I World War II

Alfred Gerstenberg (6 April 1893 – 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.