Eberhard Eimler

Eberhard Eimler
Born(1930-11-30)30 November 1930
Ulm, Free People's State of Württemberg, Weimar Republic
Died17 December 2022(2022-12-17) (aged 92)
Buried
Rheinbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
AllegianceWest Germany
BranchWest German Air Force
Service years1956–1990
RankGeneral
CommandsDeputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Inspector of the Air Force
Light Combat Squadron 42
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Alma materBundeswehr Command and Staff College

Eberhard Eimler (30 November 1930 – 17 December 2022) was a German general who served as the Inspector of the Air Force from 1983 to 1987 and a Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1987 until his retirement in 1990. He began his service as a pilot in the West German Air Force in 1956, shortly after the Bundeswehr was established. Eimler became the first Bundeswehr general who did not have military service in World War II.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.